ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,640, issued on July 28, was assigned to GENESEE VALLEY INNOVATIONS LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Additive manufacturing process for producing chemical delivery devices using halftone screening" was invented by Patricia J. Donaldson (Pittsford, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a chemical delivery device with an active chemical includes generating halftoned image data using a stochastic halftone screen a concentration parameter for the active chemical. The method also includes ejecting a chemical carrier including the active chemical into a portion of a plurality of cavities formed in the chemical delivery device u...