US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK on Oct. 14 for "Methods of dynamic mechanical analysis using nuclear magnetic resonance" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,526, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK (Fredericton, Canada).

"Methods of dynamic mechanical analysis using nuclear magnetic resonance" was invented by William Selby (Fredericton, Canada), Igor Mastikhin (Fredericton, Canada) and Phil Garland (Fredericton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method of dynamic mechanical analysis of a sample including providing a magnet with a constant gradient where at least a portion of the sample is in the constant gradient, inducing a vibration in the sample in the direction of the constant gradient, the vibration comprising a vibration waveform and a vibration p...