US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Feb. 24 for "Surface-modified transition metal oxide nanoparticles, method of making the same, and curable composition and article including the same" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,383, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Surface-modified transition metal oxide nanoparticles, method of making the same, and curable composition and article including the same" was invented by Paul B. Armstrong (St. Paul, Minn.) and Bryan V. Hunt (Nowthen, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making surface-functionalized transition metal oxide nanoparticles comprises: providing a sol comprising transition metal oxide nanoparticles dispersed in an aqueous liquid medium having a pH of less than or equal to 3.5, combining the sol with an extractant composition comprising at ...