US Patent Issued to Korea Institute of Science and Technology on May 12 for "Method of fabricating block-copolymer-based 3D polymorphic artificial bilayer membrane structure" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,216, issued on May 12, was assigned to Korea Institute of Science and Technology (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of fabricating block-copolymer-based 3D polymorphic artificial bilayer membrane structure" was invented by Tae Song Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Dong Hyun Kang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional structure based on a block copolymer. The method comprises the steps of injecting a block copolymer (BCP) solution into each micro-well formed on the substrate and drying it to form a block copolymer layer, and applying a buffer to the bloc...