ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,676, issued on July 28, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. (Gainesville, Fla.) and MATTRIX TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Electrical planarization of carbon nanotube thin films for electronic device applications" was invented by Andrew Gabriel Rinzler (Gainesville, Fla.), Rajib Kumar Das (Gainesville, Fla.), Bo Liu (Gainesville, Fla.) and Max G. Lemaitre (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various examples are provided related to electrical planarization of carbon nanotube thin films or networks. In one example, a method includes depositing one or more thin protective organic and/or ...