ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,601, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to UT-BATTELLE LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

"Method of encapsulating a phase change material" was invented by Jaswinder K. Sharma (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Georgios Polyzos (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of encapsulating a phase change material includes providing a co-axial ejector including first and second coaxially-disposed outlets, with the first outlet being inside of and surrounded by the second outlet. A core composition including a phase change material is fed to the first outlet. A coating composition is fed to the second outlet. The core composition and the coating compo...