ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,823, issued on April 21, was assigned to PRAGMATIC SEMICONDUCTOR Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Flexible electronic circuits with support structures" was invented by Brian Cobb (Sedgefield, Great Britain), Laurence Scullion (Sedgefield, Great Britain) and Richard Price (Sedgefield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible electronic structure for bonding with an external circuit. The flexible electronic structure comprising a flexible body having a first surface, the flexible body comprising at least one electronic component, at least one contact element configured to bond with the external circuit, the at least on...