US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture on April 14 for "Cellulosic fibers comprising internally dispersed cuprous oxide nanoparticles" (Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,138, issued on April 14, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington).

"Cellulosic fibers comprising internally dispersed cuprous oxide nanoparticles" was invented by Matthew B Hillyer (New Orleans), Sunghyun Nam (Metairie, La.) and Brian D Condon (Metairie, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to treated cellulosic fibers comprising internally dispersed cuprous oxide (Cu2O) nanoparticles, methods of preparing such treated cellulosic fibers, and uses of such treated cellulosic fibers."

The patent was filed on July 9, 2021, under Application No. 17/371,...