US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on July 22 for "Method of forming a microstructured surface" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,585, issued on July 22, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Method of forming a microstructured surface" was invented by Muchen Xu (Los Angeles) and Chang-Jin Kim (Beverly Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a microstructured surface includes the operations of depositing electrodes on a surface of a substrate and securing a mold against the surface of the substrate containing the electrodes with a tight contact with the electrodes, the mold containing a plurality of cavities therein. Pressure is applied between the mold and the substrate to force material from t...