US Patent Issued to Purdue Research Foundation, Michigan State University on Nov. 3 for "Living wood and methods for making the same" (Indiana, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,728, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Michigan State University (East Lansing, Mich.).

"Living wood and methods for making the same" was invented by Tian Li (West Lafayette, Ind.), Xiwei Shan (West Lafayette, Ind.), Eva Haviarova (West Lafayette, Ind.), Gemma Reguera (East Lansing, Mich.), Gregory Bonito (East Lansing, Mich.) and Jinxing Li (East Lansing, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for enhancing wood may include sterilizing the wood. The wood may be inoculated with a fungi to establish a mycelial scaffold within the wood. The mycelia scaffold may be infiltrated ...