ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,251, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to KEEL LABS INC. (Morrisville, N.C.).
"Alginate-based polymers and products, and their manufacture" was invented by Garret D. Figuly (Wilmington, Del.), Matthew E. Gande (New York), Minji Kim (Jersey City, N.J.) and Ray William Miller (Kennett Square, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polymers comprising an alginate which is ionically crosslinked with unsubstituted dicarboxylate-bridged multivalent cations, products including such polymers, and methods of their manufacture."
The patent was filed on Aug. 13, 2021, under Application No. 18/021,935.
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