ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,088, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to EMPA EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT (Dubendorf, Switzerland).
"Shear-thinning gel compositions for preparing electronically conductive inks" was invented by Xavier Aeby (Valeyres-sous-Montagny, Switzerland), Gustav Nystrom (Windisch, Switzerland), Alexandre Poulin (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Gilberto Siqueira (Gockhausen, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a shear-thinning gel composition for producing a dry, water-stable and electronically conductive ink, comprising (a) dispersed electrically conductive graphite flake part...