US Patent Issued to Vadient Optics on Dec. 23 for "Dual photoinitiated nanocomposite-ink printing" (Oregon, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,885, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Vadient Optics LLC (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Dual photoinitiated nanocomposite-ink printing" was invented by George Williams (Vashon, Wash.), John Paul Harmon (Albany, Ore.) and Charles G. Dupuy (Corvalis, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming a heterogeneous or gradient dielectric-property element comprises: (a) providing a plurality of solution-based feedstocks, each including an organic matrix, wherein at least one of the feedstocks includes a nanoparticle filler dispersed within the organic matrix, the feedstocks comprising a first ink having a first photosensitive entity and o...