US Patent Issued to UNM Rainforest Innovations on Jan. 20 for "Microsphere-based coatings for radiative cooling under direct sunlight" (New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,532, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to UNM Rainforest Innovations (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Microsphere-based coatings for radiative cooling under direct sunlight" was invented by Sang Eon Han (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Sang M. Han (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present prevention provides a surface coating for cooling a surface by light scattering comprising a plurality of successive layers, each of the layers may be comprised of a plurality of spheres arranged to form a structure comprised of packed spheres. Each layer may have a different arrangement of packed spheres to create to a different light scattering prop...