ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,020, issued on May 5, was assigned to ROLIC TECHNOLOGIES AG (Allschwil, Switzerland).

"Method of generating a spatially limited film stack on a light sensor element" was invented by David Pires (Giebenach, Switzerland) and Richard Frantz (Village-Neuf, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a spatially limited film stack comprising an optically anisotropic film on an optical sensor device with a light sensor element, such that the film stack covers the light sensor element but not the entire surface area of the optical sensor device. An electronic device manufactured according ...