US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University on Feb. 3 for "Self-mineralizing multifunctional coating composition" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,255, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Self-mineralizing multifunctional coating composition" was invented by Elham Fini (Phoenix) and Albert Hung (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating composition includes alkaline mineral particles including an oxide of an alkaline earth metal and an amine-containing polymer. The amine-containing polymer is adsorbed on the alkaline mineral particles. Forming a coating composition includes at least partially coating alkaline mineral particles with an amine-containing polymer and dispersing the alkalin...