ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,642, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Prysm Systems Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Method for producing flat ribbon structures with continuous extruded fibers for laser phosphor displays" was invented by Robert L. Graves (Methuen, Mass.) and Philip J. Ralli (Maynard, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to micro-ribbon structures used in display systems and methods of fabrication thereof. Individual fibers are made using an extrusion process whereby a core surrounded by an ink portion is extruded to create an individual fiber. The ink portion may include both an inner portion that is in contact w...