ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,780, issued on July 21, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Compositions including dichotomous composite particles, article including the composition, and structures having superhydrophobic, superoleophobic, or omniphobic surfaces" was invented by Wolfgang M. Sigmund (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides for compositions, articles including the composition, and articles and structures having a superhydrophobic, a superoleophobic, or an omniphobic surface after disposing the composition onto a surface of the article or structure. In general, t...