ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,467, issued on July 28, was assigned to GRAPHENEA SEMICONDUCTOR S.L.U. (Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain).

"Graphene device and method of fabricating a graphene device" was invented by Elias Torres Alonso (Donostia, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating a graphene-based solid-state device includes: disposing a graphene layer on a substrate; depositing a first layer of a sacrificial material on the graphene layer, the first layer made of a first oxide dielectric material; patterning the graphene layer by defining at least one channel region, by applying a lithographic process followed by etching; depositing a secon...