US Patent Issued to Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO on Sept. 9 for "Transferring viscous materials" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,241, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO ('s-Gravenhage, Netherlands).

"Transferring viscous materials" was invented by Rob Jacob Hendriks (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Fabien Bernard Jacques Bruning (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device are described to transfer a viscous functional material onto a receiving substrate. A plate is provided having a cavity surface that includes a cavity. A plurality of individually addressable resistive heater elements are provided that are in thermal contact with respective zones of the cav...