NPI and Stuttgart University

Just what is the relationship between NPI and Stuttgart University?

Ref:
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=CLB01350&read=2347

Note - --For more information about ANI's thin film transistor approach please see "Solution-deposited carbon nanotube layers for flexible display applications" published in Physica E 37 (2007), pages 119-123-- LINK - http://tinyurl.com/2tm3wf

Question - who are these guys and what is their involvement/connection with NPI:
Axel Schindler(a), Jochen Brill(a), Norbert Fruehauf(a),
Chair of Display Technology, Universitaet Stuttgart, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany

Here's the US patent application:
http://tinyurl.com/77jx6

Of note - claims:
9. A sensor comprising a sensing element for detecting an analyte embedded in a polymer matrix interdispersed with carbon nanotubes.

20. The sensor of claim 19 wherein the sensing element is deposited on a conducting polymer deposited on a substrate.

21. A sensor comprising a sensing element for detecting an analyte, wherein the sensor is coupled to a carbon nanotube.

Re Axel Shindler:
http://www.lfb.uni-stuttgart.de/aktuelles/lfb-nachrichten.en.html

The Stuttgart University activities:
http://www.lfb.uni-stuttgart.de/aktuelles/doc/20060207_El-Kolloquium.pdf