US Patent Issued to University of Utah Research Foundation on Sept. 2 for "Nanoparticle light filtering method and apparatus" (Utah, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,410, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City).

"Nanoparticle light filtering method and apparatus" was invented by Steven M. Blair (Salt Lake City), Pradeep Kasinadhuni (Hillsboro, Ore.), Steve McDaniel (Provo, Utah) and Bradley Jay Katz (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations of the present invention relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for blocking, attenuating, or filtering neuroactive wavelengths of the visible light spectrum and reducing or preventing the symptoms affiliated with exposure to those wavelengths. Nanoparticles of a predetermined composi...