ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,697, issued on March 18, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for reaction and transport engineering via cellular fluidics" was invented by Nikola Dudukovic (Hayward, Calif.), Sarah Baker (Dublin, Calif.), James Timothy Cahill (Livermore, Calif.), Jonathan Tesner Davis (Oakland, Calif.), Joshua R. Deotte (Livermore, Calif.), Karen Ruth Dubbin (Hayward, Calif.), Eric B. Duoss (Danville, Calif.), Erika Jo Fong (San Ramon, Calif.), Hawi Bacha Gemeda (San Leandro, Calif.) and Fang Qian (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an eng...