ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,371, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies LLC (Kansas City, Mo.).

"Femtosecond laser surface processing for controlled fill and targeted deposition" was invented by Sabrina Marie Wells Torres (Lee's Summit, Mo.) and Connor Daniel Pearson (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, devices, and structures for providing selective fluid wicking using surface modification provided by a femtosecond laser processing technique. The surface modification may form a plurality of microstructures, which may be configured to encourage wicking, prevent wicking, or alter a fluid w...