US Patent Issued to The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College on Aug. 25 for "Force-balanced meniscal dispensers for depositing crystalline layers, and methods of printing crystalline patterned features" (Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,025, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vt.).

"Force-balanced meniscal dispensers for depositing crystalline layers, and methods of printing crystalline patterned features" was invented by Randall L. Headrick (Burlington, Vt.) and Richards Galt Miller III (Burlington, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dispensers for dispensing solutions, such as solutions containing a crystallizable component and solvent(s), onto substrates in a controlled manner. In some embodiments, a dispenser of the present disclosure includes an elongated slot and corresponding slot opening t...