US Patent Issued to UNM Rainforest Innovations on July 22 for "Microelectromechanical system resonators" (New Mexico Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,396, issued on July 22, was assigned to UNM Rainforest Innovations (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Microelectromechanical system resonators" was invented by Nathan Morrow Jackson (Rio Rancho, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, an apparatus can comprise one or more sliding mass cantilever devices. Cantilever devices can be structured as monolithic integrated structures with a mass coupled to a cantilever beam, where the mass has one or more cavities in which a liquid or solid particles are disposed. A cap can be arranged on the mass to prevent the liquid or solid particles from exiting the cavities in which they are emb...