US Patent Issued to Duke University on Nov. 3 for "Self-repairing biomimetic lubricants and methods of making and using same" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,040, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Duke University (Durham, N.C.).

"Self-repairing biomimetic lubricants and methods of making and using same" was invented by Shyni Varghese (Durham, N.C.), Anna Gilpin (Durham, N.C.) and Jiaul Hoque (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are self-repairing biomimetic lubricant compounds, compositions comprising the same, and methods of making and using the same."

The patent was filed on Nov. 5, 2021, under Application No. 18/251,950.

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