US Patent Issued to MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV on May 12 for "Method of manufacture of a metasurface" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,298, issued on May 12, was assigned to MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV (Munich).

"Method of manufacture of a metasurface" was invented by Stuart S.P. Parkin (Halle, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a new method for making metasurfaces comprising liquid gating. VO2 is an exemplary substrate for use in the present invention. The inventive metasurfaces can be used as a planar lens, vortex generator, beam deflector, and axicon, inter alia. The inventive methods allow metasurfaces to be formed readily on curved or flexible surfaces."

The patent was filed on Nov. 12, 2020, ...