ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,208, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to University of Connecticut (Farmington, Conn.).

"Continuous processing system and methods for internal and external modifications to nanoparticles" was invented by Antonio P. Costa (Farmington, Conn.) and Diane J. Burgess (Farmington, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a system for the internal and external modification of nanoparticles in a continuous process. The system includes (a) a first inlet, (b) a second inlet, (c) a first pump in fluid communication with the first inlet, (d) a second pump in fluid communication with the second inlet, (e) a first flow mete...