ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,758, issued on July 14, was assigned to VYSOKA SKOLA CHEMICKO-TECHNOLOGICKA V PRAZE (Prague).

"Device and method for preparation of liquid marbles" was invented by Ondrej Rychecky (Brasy, Czech Republic), Frantisek Stepanek (Prague) and Martin Krov (Stare Hodejovice, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for preparation of liquid marbles that has a belt conveyor for carrying a layer of solid particles, the belt conveyor being provided, successively in the direction of movement of the belt with at least one solids dispenser with a reservoir for solid particles, at least one liquid dispenser with a reservoir for liquid...