US Patent Issued to Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on April 8 for "Colloidal semiconductor nanostructures" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,977, issued on April 8, was assigned to Yissum Research Development Co. of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd. (Israel).

"Colloidal semiconductor nanostructures" was invented by Uri Banin (Mevasseret Zion, Israel), Jiabin Cui (Jerusalem), Yossi Panfil (Jerusalem), Nir Waiskopf (Jerusalem) and Meirav Oded (Rehovot, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology subject of the present application concerns a novel class of fused nanocrystal molecules having unique electronic properties. The application further contemplates methods for their preparation and methods of their use."

The patent was filed on Jan. 14, 2020, under Ap...