ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,218, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Ciene Nanomedicine Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Continuous methods for treating liquids and manufacturing certain constituents (e.g., nanoparticles) in liquids, apparatuses and nanoparticles and nanoparticle/liquid solution(s) resulting therefrom" was invented by David K. Pierce (Elkton, Md.), Mark G. Mortenson (North East, Md.) and David A. Bryce (Elkton, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates generally to novel methods and novel devices for the continuous manufacture of nanoparticles, microparticles and nanoparticle/liquid solution(s). The nanoparticles (and/or micron-sized pa...