ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,537, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to The Secant Group LLC (Telford, Pa.).

"Urethane-crosslinked polymeric microparticles and processes of manufacturing the same" was invented by Manasi Chawathe Baker (Ambler, Pa.) and Stephanie Reed (Conshohocken, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first process produces poly(glycerol sebacate) urethane (PGSU)-based microparticles. The first process includes forming a first composition including a poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS) resin and dispersing the first composition in a continuous fluid phase in the presence of an isocyanate crosslinker to produce PGSU-based microparticles. A second proces...