US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on Sept. 23 for "Hybrid surface designs with passive diffusion-limited deposition capabilities" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,906, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Hybrid surface designs with passive diffusion-limited deposition capabilities" was invented by Christian John Machado (Evanston, Ill.), Kyoo-Chul Kenneth Park (Evanston, Ill.), Jiaxing Huang (Wilmette, Ill.) and Haiyue Huang (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface texture includes a three-dimensional structure, a cross-section of which includes a first serration and a second serration. The first serration has a first peak having a height measured from a base of the three-dimensional structure to a top of the first serration. A valley...