ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,495, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE (Grenoble, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris) and UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES (Saint Martin d'Heres, France).

"Method for functionalizing a polymer-based substrate by chemical deposition of a thin layer" was invented by Erwan Gicquel (Gieres, France), Frederic Mercier (Gieres, France), Raphael Boichot (Domene, France), Elisabeth Blanquet (Claix, France), Evelyne Mauret (Grenoble, France), Roman Reboud (Saint Pierre de Chartreuse, France) and Julien Bras (Saint Martin D'Uriage, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for functi...