ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,972, issued on March 25, was assigned to XI'AN JIAOTONG-LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY (Jiangsu, China).

"Micro-nano wire manufacturing device and micro-nano structure" was invented by Yuxiao Fang (Jiangsu, China), Chun Zhao (Jiangsu, China), Cezhou Zhao (Jiangsu, China) and Li Yang (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a micro-nano wire manufacturing device and a micro-nano structure. The micro-nano wire manufacturing device includes a liquid-phase nanomaterial storage device and a micro-nano wire applying mechanism. The liquid-phase nanomaterial storage device is provided with a liquid outlet. The micro-nano wire apply...