ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,855, issued on May 6, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Transparent conductive film, method of manufacturing same, thin film transistor, and device including same" was invented by Younhee Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangyeon Pak (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jiwon Son (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yong Wan Jin (Suwon-si, South Korea), SeungNam Cha (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyungbae Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Chuljoon Heo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transparent conductive film includes a...