ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,197, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Pixieray Oy (Espoo, Finland).

"Using electrically-conductive adhesive material for providing connections to electrodes" was invented by Juha Timonen (Kauniainen, Finland) and Klaus Melakari (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an optical device. An electrically-conductive adhesive material is deposited on a first part of a first electrode deposited on a first substrate. A layer of at least one active material is formed between the first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first electrode is disposed between the first substrate and said...