US Patent Issued to The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois on July 21 for "Composite materials and methods of making and using the same" (Illinois, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,804, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Ill.).

"Composite materials and methods of making and using the same" was invented by Brendan A. C. Harley (Urbana, Ill.), Marley J. Dewey (Champaign, Ill.) and Justine Lee (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Composite materials including a macroporous structure having a Voronoi architecture and a microporous biomaterial integrated into the macroporous structure are provided. Methods of making the composite materials and methods of using the materials to treat a bone defect are also provided."

The patent was filed on Jan. 19,...