US Patent Issued to University of Wyoming on March 24 for "Apparatus and methods for fabrication of nanopatterned arrays" (Wyoming, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,923, issued on March 24, was assigned to University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyo.).

"Apparatus and methods for fabrication of nanopatterned arrays" was invented by Caleb Hill (Laramie, Wyo.) and Jeffrey Halpern (Durham, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating an array on nanoparticles includes forming a solution containing a material precursor and an electrolyte. The solution is laded into a pipet and a wire is inserted into the solution. The pipet is brought into contact with a substrate and an electrical bias is applied between the substrate and the wire. A nanoparticle is formed via electrodeposition. The steps of...