ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,065, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to The Government of the United States, as represented by The Director of the Defense Health Agency (Fort Detrick, Md.) and The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Silver Spring, Md.).

"Nanocapsules and process of making and using same" was invented by Wen Lien (San Antonio), Amber M. Mallory (Adkins, Texas), John W. Simecek (Elgin, Texas), Amer Tiba (Lake Bluff, Ill.), Trevor J. Smith (Woodbridge, Va.), Zakiya R. Skeete (San Antonio), Andrew P. Zane (Pittsford, N.Y.) and Kyumin Whang (Helotes, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to...