US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Michigan on March 31 for "Tri-block copolymers and nano-fibrous gelling microspheres including the same" (Michigan, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,188, issued on March 31, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Tri-block copolymers and nano-fibrous gelling microspheres including the same" was invented by Peter X. Ma (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Chao Zhao (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) and Zhong Wang (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tri-block copolymer includes a first end block consisting of a hydrophobic, nano-fiber forming polymer, wherein the first end block is present in the tri-block copolymer at a weight percentage ranging from about 10% to about 89%; a middle block attached to the first end block, the middle block consisting of a hyd...