ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,537, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to X-Celeprint Ltd. (Dublin).

"Suspended components and functional frames" was invented by Antonio Jose Marques Trindade (Cork, Ireland), Ronald S. Cok (Rochester, N.Y.) and Raja Fazan Gul (Cork, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a micro-system comprises a frame, a component attached to and supported by the frame, and an electrically functional micro-device disposed on or in the frame and electrically connected to the component. The component can be exclusively supported by the frame. The frame can comprise the micro-device and can comprise ...