ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,728, issued on March 17, was assigned to Colorifix Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Method of dyeing fabric using microorganisms" was invented by David Glen Hastie Nugent (Cambridge, Great Britain), Orr Yarkoni (Cambridge, Great Britain) and James Ajioka (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a method for dyeing fabrics, yarns and fibers using microorganisms whereby the adsorption of dye-containing microorganisms onto textile fibers is improved using carbon sources above a threshold concentration. Dye molecules contained within the microorganism are released from the microorganism and fix...