US Patent Issued to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY on July 28 for "Volume expandable sorbent material for capture of organic fluids and solvents and methods of making the same" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,337, issued on July 28, was assigned to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland).

"Volume expandable sorbent material for capture of organic fluids and solvents and methods of making the same" was invented by Boran Zhao (Cleveland), Kristen Rohm (Cleveland), Xuehui Gong (Cleveland), Fan Wang (Cleveland), Donald Feke (Cleveland) and Ica Manas-Zloczower (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact, highly expandable sorbent made from polymeric materials is contemplated. The resulting sorbent can absorb more than 20 times its original volume owing to an internal foam-like structure having micron-level voids bisected by interna...