ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,604, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Seoul, South Korea).

"Polydopamine composite material and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Myoung-Woon Moon (Seoul, South Korea), Seong Jin Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Young A Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Chan Young Oh (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang-jin Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a polydopamine composite material according to the concept of the present invention, wherein the polydopamine composite material includes a substrate with first nano-protrusions formed on a surface thereof, and a polydopamine l...