US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on July 14 for "Organic solid crystal encapsulation" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,194, issued on July 14, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Organic solid crystal encapsulation" was invented by Lafe Joseph Purvis II (Redmond, Wash.), Tingling Rao (Bellevue, Wash.), Andrew John Ouderkirk (Kirkland, Wash.) and Kimberly Kay Childress (Duvall, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure includes an organic solid crystal and an encapsulation layer disposed over at least one surface of the organic solid crystal. The encapsulation layer is configured to inhibit mechanical and chemical degradation of the organic solid crystal and may include an organic or inorganic compound, such a...