ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,296, issued on March 17, was assigned to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Bio-electrode, and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Jun Hatakeyama (Joetsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a bio-electrode including: a substrate having anti-reflective structure for light on at least one side; and (A) an electro-conductive layer having electro-conductive wiring on the opposite side from the side having the anti-reflective structure of the substrate. This provides: a bio-electrode that allows thin, highly transparent, highly sensitive to biological signals, excellent in biocompatibility, li...