ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,926, issued on June 24, was assigned to YAGEO Corp. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"High-power resistor and fabrication method thereof" was invented by Shen-Li Hsiao (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Hwan-Wen Lee (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Fu-Sheng Huang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-power resistor and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The method includes: providing a resistance substrate including resistance alloy material and a copper metal layer; forming a cuprous oxide layer on the resistance substrate by using the copper metal layer; sticking the resistance substrate to a ceramic substrate, in which the cuprous oxide l...