ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,674, issued on Sept. 15.
"Cellulose constructs based on gas vesicles and bacterial cellulose" was invented by Lina Gonzalez (Worcester, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A material with a scaffold comprising a series of at least partially spaced fibers and gas vesicles locates between fibers. The gas vesicles comprise external anchoring modules that are effective to anchor the gas vesicles to the fibers."
The patent was filed on March 31, 2023, under Application No. 18/129,376.
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