ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,181, issued on July 7, was assigned to TPK Glass Solutions (Xiamen) Inc. (Xiamen, China).

"Touch assembly and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Jie Lin Hung (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Li Huang Tsai (Miaoli County, Taiwan), Lien Hsin Lee (Xiamen City, China), Liang Liu (Xiamen City, China), Cheng Chie Li (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Chun Ping Zhou (Guang'an City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch assembly includes a protective cover, a first adhesive layer, a plurality of curved wires, and a second adhesive layer. The first adhesive layer is disposed on the protective cover. A thickness of the first adhesive ...