ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,586, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NanoFlex Power Corp. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Flexible electronic devices" was invented by Richard Field III (Scotsdale, Ariz.), Steven Wolgast (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Olga Griffith (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Adam Barito (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and J. Norman Allen (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photovoltaic powered flexible electronic device comprising a flexible photovoltaic module, electrodes (such as anode and cathode) incorporated into the flexible photovoltaic module, wherein the electrodes are at least partially exposed, and a flexible circuit board, wherein the flexible circuit boar...