ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,542, issued on May 26, was assigned to Windmoller & Holscher KG (Lengerich, Germany).
"Electrode for acting on a surface of conducting or non-conducting material" was invented by Jens Goldenstein (Lengerich, Germany) and Henning Steuter (Lengerich, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention describes an electrode for applying an electrical potential to a surface of a conductive or non-conductive material, in particular a plastic material, which electrical potential, in particular, causes electrical polarization, comprising a first electrically conductive material, in particular a metal wire, which first electrically conducti...