ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,292, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to DelStar Technologies Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.) and LMS Technologies Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Apertured polymer sheets incorporating nanoparticles" was invented by Andrew G. Platt (Middletown, Del.) and Lenny Pompeo (Middletown, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apertured polymeric layers, sheets, mesh or films are provided for a variety of different applications. A polymeric sheet comprises at least one polymer layer having one or more apertures for flow of gas or liquid therethrough, and a plurality of nanoparticles disposed within the polymer sheet such that the nanoparticles are disposed bet...