US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on May 5 for "High modulus gel-spun PVDF fiber thin films" (Washington, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,173, issued on May 5, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"High modulus gel-spun PVDF fiber thin films" was invented by Sheng Ye (Redmond, Wash.), Jing Chen (Redmond, Wash.), Hao Mei (Redmond, Wash.), Andrew John Ouderkirk (Kirkland, Wash.), Arman Boromand (Issaquah, Wash.), Kristy Alana Jost (Redmond, Wash.), Nagi Hosni Elabbasi (Southborough, Mass.), Jonathan Robert Peterson (Woodinville, Wash.) and Christopher Yuan Ting Liao (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mechanically and piezoelectrically anisotropic polymer fibers may be formed by spinning a polymer solution or gel that includes a high mo...