ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,904, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, N.H.).

"Liquid metal printed 2D ultrahigh mobility conducting oxide transistors" was invented by William Scheideler (West Lebanon, N.H.) and Andrew Hamlin (Hanover, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a liquid printing method, a second workpiece is applied onto a first workpiece. A metal on the second workpiece contacts a dielectric on the first workpiece thereby forming an alloyed oxide film. This can be used to form a liquid metal printed 2D alloyed oxide film transistor. The alloyed oxide film can be InOx or other materials."

The patent was filed o...