ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,930, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Conductive polymer composition, substrate, and method for producing substrate" was invented by Takayuki Nagasawa (Joetsu, Japan) and Jun Hatakeyama (Joetsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to obtain a composition capable of: forming a uniform film even by spray coating or even when the composition is applied in the form of ink for inkjet printing; and preventing light emission from a portion other than an ITO electrode surface when the film is mounted on an organic EL device and light is emitted from the device. A conductive polymer comp...