US Patent Issued to POLITECNICO DI MILANO, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO on Oct. 27 for "Three-dimensional substrate for microbial cultures" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,442, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to POLITECNICO DI MILANO (Milan), UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA (Pavia, Italy) and UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO (Turin, Italy).

"Three-dimensional substrate for microbial cultures" was invented by Paola Petrini (Milan), Daniela Patricia Peneda Pacheco (Milan), Natalia Andrea Suarez Vargas (Milan), Federico Bertoglio (Pavia, Italy), Sonja Visentin (Turin, Italy) and Livia Visai (Pavia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional substrate with structural and compositional gradient for microbial cultures and cocultures is provided. The three-dimensional substrate includes a diff...