ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,399, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kan.).

"Device and process for mass production of particulate materials" was invented by Stephen Corkill (Olsburg, Kan.), Christopher Sorensen (Manhattan, Kan.), Justin Wright (Manhattan, Kan.), Arjun Nepal (Manhattan, Kan.) and Stefan Bossmann (Manhattan, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods are provided that are capable of mass production of particulate materials, such as graphene particulates. The apparatus comprises an ignition assembly that comprises readily interchangeable electrode cassettes and that may be conf...