ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,328, issued on June 24, was assigned to Southwest University of Science and Technology (Mianyang, China) and Sichuan Guanmusi Yang New Material Technology Co LTD (Mianyang, China).

"Reversible stress-responsive material, preparation method, and use thereof" was invented by Guanjun Chang (Mianyang, China), Li Yang (Mianyang, China), Yewei Xu (Mianyang, China), Ying Huang (Mianyang, China), Rui Yuan (Mianyang, China) and Mengqi Du (Mianyang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reversible stress-responsive material, a preparation method, and a use thereof are provided. The reversible stress-responsive material has the property of rea...