ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,286, issued on July 1, was assigned to Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO ('s-Gravenhage, Netherlands).
"Recyclable electronic device" was invented by Stephan Harkema (Hilversum, Netherlands), Jean-Pierre Teunissen (Weert, Netherlands), Cornelis Hermanus Arnoldus Rentrop (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Margaretha Maria De Kok (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is described that is designed to be more easily recycled at its end of life while maintaining usability during its lifetime. The electronic device includes a first substrate, an encapsulation layer, a...