ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,121, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to POSTECH Research and Business Development Foundation (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Object including meta-label and method of manufacturing the meta-label" was invented by Junsuk Rho (Pohang-si, South Korea), Joohoon Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea), Hyun Jung Kang (Pohang-si, South Korea) and Hongyoon Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A meta-label includes an object and a plurality of nanostructures formed on one surface of the object and including a material including a water-soluble polymer and dielectric nanoparticles, wherein the plurality of nanostructures are arranged to d...