ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,092, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, N.Y.).
"Transparent article with electrically-conductive pattern" was invented by James S. Honan (Spencerport, N.Y.), Danielle A. Farmer (Rochester, N.Y.) and Kevin Edward Spaulding (Spencerport, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transparent article has a transparent laminating film; and an electrically-conductive, metal-containing pattern disposed over a surface of the transparent laminating film. The electrically-conductive, metal-containing pattern has a metallic pattern comprising a first surface facing the transparent laminating film and an opposing second...