US Patent Issued to KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY on July 28 for "Mussel-inspired photoreactive instant glue for environmental and biomedical applications" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,199, issued on July 28, was assigned to KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia).

"Mussel-inspired photoreactive instant glue for environmental and biomedical applications" was invented by Abdulelah A. Alrashoudi (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia), Panagiotis Bilalis (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) and Charlotte A.E. Hauser (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nature-inspired smart materials offer numerous advantages over environment-friendliness and efficiency. Emulating the excellent adhesive properties of mussels foot proteins, where the Lysine is in close proximity with the 3, 4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalani...