ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,218, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Polymer nanostructures, methods of making same, and uses thereof" was invented by Yuming Huang (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Christopher K. Ober (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polymer nanostructures and compositions, devices, and systems comprising polymer nanostructures. In various examples, a composition, a device, or a system comprises a plurality of polymer nanostructures. The polymer nanostructures are disposed on a surface of a substrate. In various examples, the polymer nanostructures are disposed in pre-determined pattern on a surface of a substrate....