ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,015, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to X-Celeprint Ltd. (Dublin).
"Stamps with structured microposts" was invented by Kyle Bryant Benkendorfer (Kinsale, Ireland) and Ronald S. Cok (Rochester, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stamp includes a rigid support and an array of posts disposed in combination with the rigid support. Each of the posts in the array of posts extends in a direction away from the rigid support. The distal end of each of the posts in the array of posts has a structured three-dimensional surface including a first micro-post that extends a first distance away from the rigid support and a second micro-post that ex...