US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Oct. 27 for "Stabilized protein ionic liquid applications" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,370, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Stabilized protein ionic liquid applications" was invented by Joseph M Slocik (Dayton, Ohio), Rajesh R. Naik (Centerville, Ohio) and Patrick B Dennis (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for modifying the properties of balsa wood comprises infiltrating a protein ionic liquid comprising polymerized dopamine into delignified balsa wood. A method of making an optically active protective coating comprises mixing protein ionic liquid comprising polymerized dopamine with ethyl aceta...