ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,984, issued on July 21, was assigned to CHINA ACADEMY OF SAFETY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Beijing).

"Colloidosome with variable pore size and preparation method thereof" was invented by Congling Shi (Beijing), Jingyun Jing (Beijing), Guolin Liu (Beijing), Xiaodong Qian (Beijing), Fei Ren (Beijing) and Junyi Li (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A colloidosome with a variable pore size and a preparation method thereof are provided. The preparation method includes the steps of modification of nanoparticles, preparation of amphiphilic nanoparticles, preparation of a colloidosome with a variable pore size and the like. Through specifi...