ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,354, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BVW Holding AG (Cham, Switzerland).
"Microstructured phase interfacial device" was invented by Lukas Bluecher (Eurasberg, Germany) and Michael Milbocker (Holliston, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to gripping surfaces and devices comprising the same, wherein the gripping surface comprises a shape tunable surface microstructure, wherein the height, width and spatial periodicity of the microstructures corresponds to an integer multiple of Schallamach wave amplitudes and wavelengths of a target surface, wherein the device microstructures and induced Schallamach ...