ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,950, issued on March 18, was assigned to MORPHOTONICS HOLDING B.V. (Veldhoven, Netherlands).

"Assembly for replicating flexible stamps from a master" was invented by Leon Willem Veldhuizen (Utrecht, Netherlands), Jan Matthijs Ter Meulen (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Bram Johannes Titulaer (Veldhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly includes a master for imprinting of micro-structures and nano-structures. The master has on its upper surface an active area with relief structure for imprinting of the micro-structures and nano-structures, and the master has a thickness dmaster. The assembly includes frame pieces ar...