ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,002, issued on March 24, was assigned to Medcura Inc. (Riverdale, Md.).
"Variable-size hydrophobically-modified polymers" was invented by Matthew Dowling (Riverdale, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various aspects, the invention provides compositions of variable-length hydrophobically-modified polymers. These variable-length hydrophobes decorated along the hydrophilic polymer backbone provide advanced properties and allow for precise control over the behavior of the resulting amphiphilic polymer, including in aqueous solution. Such control allows for enhanced functionality of the amphiphilic polymer relative to standard single...