ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,210, issued on April 8, was assigned to HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY (Doha, Qatar).

"Solution-based system for printing a 3D structure" was invented by Hicham Hamoudi (Doha, Qatar) and Golibjon Berdiyorov (Doha, Qatar).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solution-based system for printing a 3D structure is provided and includes a substrate; a first solution including an organic molecule including a functional group at each end for creation of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) including a first self-assembled monolayer (SAM) as a building block for printing the 3D structure, wherein the first solution is applied to a surface of the substra...