US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on July 7 for "Polymeric biomaterials derived from phenolic monomers and their medical uses" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,024, issued on July 7, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Polymeric biomaterials derived from phenolic monomers and their medical uses" was invented by Joachim B. Kohn (Piscataway, N.J.) and Durgadas Bolikal (Edison, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides new classes of phenol compounds, including those derived from tyrosol and analogues, useful as monomers for preparation of biocompatible polymers, and biocompatible polymers prepared from these monomeric phenol compounds, including novel biodegradable and/or bioresorbable polymers. These biocompatible polyme...