ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,016, issued on May 26, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Diamond-capped gallium oxide transistor" was invented by Marko J. Tadjer (Vienna, Va.), Joseph A. Spencer (Springfield, Va.), Alan G. Jacobs (Rockville, Md.), Hannah N. Masten (Alexandria, Va.), James Spencer Lundh (Gaithersburg, Md.), Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Va.), Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Va.), Tatyana I. Feygelson (Springfield, Va.), Bradford B. Pate (Arlington, Va.) and Boris N. Feigelson (Springfield, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for growing nanocrystalline ...