ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,070, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to E Ink Corp. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Benefit agent delivery system comprising reverse micelles" was invented by Madhuvanthi Agaram Kandadai (Fremont, Calif.) and HongMei Zang (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A benefit agent delivery system can deliver benefit agents on demand. The benefit agent delivery system comprises a first electrode layer, a microcell layer comprising a plurality of microcells, and a porous second electrode layer. Each microcell of the plurality of microcells are filled with a liquid mixture comprising reverse micelles in a hydrophobic liquid that are formed f...