US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Oct. 27 for "Insect repellent-polymer gels" (Virginia, Maryland, Florida, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,975, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Insect repellent-polymer gels" was invented by Jeffrey G. Lundin (Burke, Va.), Javier Jimenez (Washington), Matthew D. Thum (Annapolis, Md.) and James E. Cilek (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a composition having an insect repellent compound and a polymer that is miscible in the insect repellent compound at 23deg C. Also disclosed herein is a method of: providing an insect repellent compound, providing a polymer that is miscible in the insect repe...