US Patent Issued to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK on Aug. 18 for "Biodegradable textile fibers with inherent color and properties" (New York, California, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,640, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York).

"Biodegradable textile fibers with inherent color and properties" was invented by Theanne Schiros (New York), Chui Lian Lee (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Valentina Gomez (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Morgana Katterman (New York), Helen H. Lu (New York), Allie Obermeyer (New York), Philip Brudnicki (New York), Sebastian S. Cocioba (Long Island City, N.Y.), Christopher Z. Mosher (New York), Romare M. Antrobus (New York), Yuncan Zhu (San Diego) and Aditi Sharma (Providence, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biopolymer composition can be formed ba...