ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,656, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS Ltd. (London).
"Membranes and preparation thereof" was invented by Andrew Guy Livingston (London), Zhiwei Jiang (London), Ruijiao Dong (London), Jia Xu (London) and Siyao Li (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel membranes suitable for use in separation applications are described, as well as processes by which the membranes are made and uses of the membranes in a range of separation applications. The membranes are obtainable by an interfacial polymerisation reaction involving two monomers, in which at least one of the monomers comprises oligomeric portions tha...