US Patent Issued to Queen's University at Kingston on May 12 for "Carbene-functionalized composite materials" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,250, issued on May 12, was assigned to Queen's University at Kingston (Kingston, Canada).

"Carbene-functionalized composite materials" was invented by Cathleen M. Crudden (Kingston, Canada), J. Hugh Horton (Kingston, Canada), Olena V. Zenkina (Oshawa, Canada), Iraklii I. Ebralidze (Oshawa, Canada) and Christene Anne Smith (Kingston, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides stable, carbene-functionalized composite materials, and methods and uses thereof. These carbene-functionalized composite materials comprise a material having a metal surface, and a carbene monolayer that is uniform, contaminant-free (me...