US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on Dec. 9 for "Fabrication of micro/nano-fluidic channels through ultraviolet patterning" (Washington, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,242, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Fabrication of micro/nano-fluidic channels through ultraviolet patterning" was invented by Li Yao (Redmond, Wash.), Priyanshu Agarwal (Kirkland, Wash.), Daniel Myers (Kirkland, Wash.), Thomas John Farrell Wallin (Redmond, Wash.), Serol Turkyilmaz (Kirkland, Wash.) and Yigit Menguc (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for making a B-stage thiol-cured urethane acrylate elastomeric film are provided. At least a urethane acrylate oligomer, a multifunctional thiol, and a base catalyst are combined to form a thiol terminated B-stage e...