ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,985, issued on July 21, was assigned to THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA (Norman, Okla.).

"Nanoparticle templates and methods of use for making hollow nanoparticles" was invented by Penghe Qiu (Norman, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of forming hollow nanoparticles, methods of making templates for use in forming hollow nanoparticles, templates made by such methods, and hollow nanoparticles formed by such methods and templates."

The patent was filed on April 26, 2023, under Application No. 18/139,586.

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