US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on Oct. 20 for "Fluoropolymer shear-thinning inks and methods of making and using same" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,795, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Fluoropolymer shear-thinning inks and methods of making and using same" was invented by Zhouran Jiang (Baltimore), Devina Chatterjee (Baltimore), Galip Ozan Erol (Baltimore), David H. Gracias (Baltimore), Sung Hoon Kang (Baltimore), Lewis Romer (Baltimore) and Narutoshi Hibino (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are compositions (which may inks), methods, devices, and systems that are used with 3D printing. The compositions contain fluoropolymer particles, one or more type of a medium, one or more surfactants, and one or more shear thinn...