ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,696, issued on May 19, was assigned to Xzom Inc. (San Diego).

"Dielectric materials" was invented by Juan Pablo Hinestrosa Salazar (San Diego), Rajaram Krishnan (San Diego), Scott Conradson (San Diego), Tyler Lee Harris (San Diego), Robert Paul Turner (San Diego) and George Maroor Thomas (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes methods, devices and systems comprising materials comprising dielectrics. In various aspects, electrodes layered or imbedded with these dielectrics provide enhanced properties for a wide range of applications, such as the enhanced separation of analytes, such as biological mole...