ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,222, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Seoul National University R&DB foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for selective separation and transfer of two-dimensional material and method of fabricating device using the same" was invented by Yun Seog Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Ki-Tae Park (Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea), Sunggun Yoon (Seoul, South Korea) and Young Ho Chu (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disclosed method of selective separation and transfer of 2D material may include preparing a substrate structure including an adhesion target layer in which at least two different material layers are arranged...