US Patent Issued to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY on Oct. 6 for "Binder-free multifunctional garments with tunable surface properties for wearable protection" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,519, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Binder-free multifunctional garments with tunable surface properties for wearable protection" was invented by Ibrahim Abdullah Alnaser (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Mohammad Rezaul Karim (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Muhammad Omer Aijaz (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The multifunctional fabric for garments is a fabric for making protective garments. The multifunctional fabric includes first, second and third layers. The first layer is an outer layer and is formed from a superhydrophobic polymer, such as polylactic acid, with ultraviolet-r...