ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,827, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC. (Marly, Switzerland).

"Method for manufacturing an electroactive polymer device" was invented by Emmanuel Taine (Monaco, Monaco), Phillipe Jean (Monaco, Monaco) and Regis Boulard (Monaco, Monaco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing an electroactive polymer device which includes a layered structure including a dielectric polymer layer and an electrode layer, wherein the electrode layer is arranged on a surface of the dielectric polymer layer. The method includes: providing the dielectric polymer layer; determining a surface area location of a defect o...