ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,901, issued on June 23, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Touch film, touchscreen, and electronic device" was invented by Zesheng Chen (Dongguan, China), Junyong Zhang (Dongguan, China), Yao Wang (Dongguan, China) and Tao Tang (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch film, a touchscreen, and an electronic device are provided. The touch film includes a touch electrode layer and a dielectric isolation layer. The touch electrode layer includes metal lines arranged in a cross manner to form mesh units. Fractures configured to divide the metal lines into a transmit electrode and a receive elec...