US Patent Issued to The University of Akron on May 13 for "Synthesis and characterization of well defined poly(propylene fumarate) and poly (ethylene glycol) block copolymers" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,347, issued on May 13, was assigned to The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio).

"Synthesis and characterization of well defined poly(propylene fumarate) and poly (ethylene glycol) block copolymers" was invented by Matthew Becker (Chapel Hill, N.C.), James A Wilson (Wolverhampton, Great Britain) and Rodger A. Dilla (Akron, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one or more embodiments, the present invention provides a low molecular weight, non-toxic, resorbable poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-block-poly(propylene fumarate) (PPF) diblock copolymers and poly(propylene fumarate) (PPF)-block-poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-block-poly(propylene fuma...