US Patent Issued to Bowling Green State University on Sept. 1 for "Biomass derived diketones as efficient visible light photoinitiators" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,109, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio).

"Biomass derived diketones as efficient visible light photoinitiators" was invented by Jayaraman Sivaguru (Bowling Green, Ohio) and Ravichandranath Singathi (Bowling Green, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Isatin derivatives, and methods of using isatin and isatin derivatives as photoinitiators, are described."

The patent was filed on May 17, 2021, under Application No. 17/925,930.

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