ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,642, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to MicroTau IP Pty Lted (Sydney).

"Systems and methods for fabricating microstructures" was invented by Henry Claudius Bilinsky (Sydney), Joseph Builth-Williams (Sydney), John Whitelock-Jones (Sydney) and Mitchell Quinn (Camperdown, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for forming microstructures in photocurable material are described. At least one image of light or radiation for curing the photocurable material is applied in a pattern corresponding to the image. The image is formed by near-field diffraction of the light or radiation and comprises areas of higher intensity adjacent to ...