ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,996, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Integrated Deposition Solutions Inc. (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"High-definition aerosol printing using an optimized aerosol distribution and aerodynamic lens system" was invented by Marcelino Essien (Albuquerque, N.M.) and David M. Keicher (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for printing discrete high-resolution high-density features on a surface is provided using an aerosol stream. An aerosol chamber has a transport gas that enters through a port and entrains aerosol in an aerosol chamber to form an aerosol-laden transport gas. A flow cell is provided that has a flow cell c...