ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,355, issued on July 14, was assigned to E Ink Corp. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Display material including patterned areas of encapsulated electrophoretic media" was invented by Jennifer B. Lampron (Newton, N.H.), Eric J. Duchaine (East Hampstead, N.H.) and Peter J. Valianatos (Manchester by the Sea, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for forming patterned displays including separated portions of encapsulated electrophoretic media disposed between contiguous light-transmissive electrodes. The resulting patterned electrophoretic display allows a viewer to see through the gaps between the portions of encapsulated electrophoretic med...