US Patent Issued to Apple on Aug. 11 for "Electronic device including a composite enclosure component having metal nanoparticles" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,996, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electronic device including a composite enclosure component having metal nanoparticles" was invented by Que Anh S. Nguyen (San Jose, Calif.), Weidi Zhu (Milpitas, Calif.), Nisha S. Sheth (San Mateo, Calif.) and Andi M Limarga (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite enclosure component for an electronic device is disclosed. The composite enclosure component may include metallic nanoparticles, non-metallic nanoparticles, or a combination of these. The nanoparticles of the composite enclosure component may provide a hue, enhanced mechanical pr...