ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,679, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CelLink Corp. (San Carlos, Calif.).

"Flexible interconnect circuits comprising welded connections" was invented by Kevin Michael Coakley (Belmont, Calif.), Jean-Paul Ortiz (White Lake, Mich.), Malcolm Parker Brown (San Francisco) and Robin Gorrell (Georgetown, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods for forming welded connections to flexible interconnect circuits and assemblies comprising such connections. An assembly can include a flexible circuit and an electrical component subassembly. The flexible circuit may comprise a first insulating layer, a conductive layer, a...