US Patent Issued to Panther Life Sciences on Sept. 15 for "Hybrid method of forming microstructure array molds, methods of making microstructure arrays, and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,730, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Panther Life Sciences Corp. (Normandy Park, Wash.).

"Hybrid method of forming microstructure array molds, methods of making microstructure arrays, and methods of use" was invented by Ashutosh Shastry (Santa Clara, Calif.), Wesley Chang (Fremont, Calif.) and Parminder Singh (Union City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a master mold (52), comprising: a) forming a plurality of microstructure portions (42) in a substrate formed of a first material by a first micromachining process, each microstructure portion comprising a shaft (40) and a distal tip (38); b) preparing a ...