ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,919, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Anisotropic film and method for manufacturing anisotropic film" was invented by Hiroyuki Iguchi (Annaka, Japan), Toshio Shiobara (Annaka, Japan) and Tsutomu Kashiwagi (Annaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anisotropic electro-conductive film having high reliability, which electrically connects circuit electrodes having a fine pattern. The anisotropic film contains an insulating resin and particle groups. The particle groups are groups of particles in which a plurality of particles are bound together with a binder. The particle groups are regularly...