ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,422, issued on June 30, was assigned to INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Multi-layered film and solar cell package structure" was invented by Li-Han Chung (Miaoli City, Taiwan), Mei-Chun Lai (Zhubei City, Taiwan), Sheng-Yang Liu (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Hung-Chin Shen (Zhudong Township, Taiwan), Po-Ling Shiao (Zhubei City, Taiwan) and Pei-Yin Chen (Taipei City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-layered film includes (A) an oxygen barrier layer; (B) a moisture barrier layer disposed on and in direct contact with (A) the oxygen barrier layer; and (C) an adhesive layer disposed on and in direct c...