ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,471, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to X-Celeprint Ltd. (Dublin).
"Piezoelectric power components" was invented by Robert R. Rotzoll (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Ronald S. Cok (Rochester, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid document includes a flexible document having visible markings. One or more light-controlling elements and a controller are embedded in or on the flexible document. The controller is electrically connected to the one or more light-controlling elements to control the one or more light-controlling elements. A power input connection is electrically connected to the controller, or one or more light-controll...