US Patent Issued to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Fashion Institute of Technology on June 2 for "Alginate-based fibers and uses thereof" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,206, issued on June 2, was assigned to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York) and Fashion Institute of Technology (New York).

"Alginate-based fibers and uses thereof" was invented by Theanna Schiros (New York), Asta Skocir (New York), Aaron Nesser (New York), Tessa Callaghan (New York), Aleksandra Gosiewski (New York), Sebastian Thomas Russell (New York), Dong An (New York), Romare Antrobus (New York), Chris Mosher (New York) and Helen Lu (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alginate-based fiber is made of a composition comprising an alginate, a cellulose and a polyol plasticizer, such as glycero...