ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,136, issued on May 20.
"Method for producing a three-dimensional structure on a surface of a flat substrate, resulting substrate, and device for producing the substrate according to the method" was invented by Jesus Francisco Barberan Latorre (Castelldefels, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a three-dimensional structure on a surface of a flat substrate, a device for implementing the method, and the substrate that can be produced, the method providing the substrate with the surface ready to be treated; applying a relief product in the form of droplets on the surface, such that selected areas of droplets are ...