ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,391, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to POWER ROLL Ltd. (Sunderland, Great Britain).
"Two-terminal device" was invented by Trevor McArdle (Sunderland, Great Britain), Alexander John Topping (Sunderland, Great Britain) and Nicholas Kasch (Sunderland, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a two-terminal device, including a substrate comprising a first cell having a first characteristic resistance, and a second cell, spaced apart from the first cell along the web direction of the substrate, having a second characteristic resistance; a first terminal and a second terminal, each terminal being formed towards or at...