US Patent Issued to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN on July 14 for "Aramid nanofiber filaments and related methods" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,197, issued on July 14, was assigned to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Aramid nanofiber filaments and related methods" was invented by Henry A. Sodano (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Hyun Chan Kim (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for forming nanofiber-assembled filaments in which an aromatic polyamide nanofiber suspension is first formed into wet nanofiber-assembled filaments via wet-spinning and protonation in a coagulation medium including at least one proton donor along with a non-solvent for the aromatic polyamide. The wet nanofiber-assembled filaments are then...