ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,932, issued on April 29, was assigned to NANOMADE LAB (Toulouse, France).

"Method for manufacturing a combined touch and force sensor, particularly backlit" was invented by Fabrice Severac (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is about a sensor assembly comprising, on an active part (621, 622), an assembly of conductive nanoparticles (560) in an insulating ligand, a substrate on which conductive tracks (611, 612, 613, 650, 651) and the assembly of nanoparticles are deposited, a thin stiffener (630) extending under the active part, glued to the substrate by a hardening glue on a first face of the thin stiffener...