US Patent Issued to Claros Technologies on Aug. 18 for "Pre-ultraviolet radiation protective additives for textiles and methods of use" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,837, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Claros Technologies Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Pre-ultraviolet radiation protective additives for textiles and methods of use" was invented by Abdennour Abbas (Falcon Heights, Minn.), Andrew Gonzalez (Crystal, Minn.) and John Wilfrid Brockgreitens (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ultraviolet protective textiles and methods of making ultraviolet protective textiles including a sheet substrate comprising a synthetic, semi-synthetic or natural textile or blend thereof, a UV absorbing chemical present on the substrate, and a capping agent bound to the UV absorbing chemical. The UV absorbing ch...