ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,916, issued on May 12, was assigned to GUANGDONG XINDA ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Heyuan, China).

"Beta-type zinc sulfide and preparation method therefor" was invented by Lin Ze-Peng (Heyuan, China), Lin Hua-Xiong (Heyuan, China) and Lin Jun (Heyuan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are Beta-type zinc sulfide and a preparation method therefor. The method includes: adding an oil phase containing styrene monomers into a water phase containing a pore-forming agent, a surfactant, a Zn salt, a complexing agent, a sulfur source and a water-soluble initiator, conducting mixing and emulsification, introducing metal e...