US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on July 15 for "Light upconversion microcapsules" (New York, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,978, issued on July 15, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Light upconversion microcapsules" was invented by Brandon M. Kobilka (Fishkill, N.Y.), Jason T. Wertz (Pleasant Valley, N.Y.), Sarah K. Czaplewski-Campbell (Rochester, Minn.) and Eric J. Campbell (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition, method, and article of manufacture are disclosed. The composition is a microcapsule that includes a transparent shell encapsulating a mixture comprising light upconversion molecules. The method is a method of forming a microcapsule, which includes obtaining light upconversion molecules...