ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,432, issued on July 28, was assigned to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Quantum dot surface treatment method and surface treatment apparatus" was invented by Yoshihiro Nojima (Annaka, Japan), Shinji Aoki (Annaka, Japan) and Kazuya Tobishima (Annaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quantum dot surface treatment method including continuously supplying a solution containing a silicone compound and a quantum dot having a surface to which a ligand having a coordinating substituent and a reactive substituent is coordinated by virtue of the coordinating substituent, to a reaction flow path made of a material that transmits ligh...