US Patent Issued to Green Sol-Gel on May 12 for "Sol application methods" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,197, issued on May 12, was assigned to Green Sol-Gel Ltd. (Kent, Great Britain).

"Sol application methods" was invented by Fanya Ismail (Sittingbourne, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method comprising providing a sol comprising a solvent; contacting the sol with a precipitation initiator to initiate precipitation of the sol, wherein the precipitation initiator is different to the solvent; and applying the precipitating sol to a product. The methods of the invention may be used with sols comprising a solvent, a metal alkoxide, and optionally a biopolymer and/or a catalyst, with alkoxides comprising metals, organically m...