ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,196, issued on July 14, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Encapsulant-containing polymer capsules and fibers and composites including same" was invented by Matthew Green (Phoenix) and Mani Modayil Korah (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for preparing encapsulant-containing polymer capsules and fibers, as well as the encapsulant-containing polymer capsules and fibers and composites including the same are described. In one example, forming a plurality of encapsulant-containing polymer capsules includes preparing a mixture comprising a poly...