US Patent Issued to University of Massachusetts on Oct. 27 for "Multi-layer photothermal textile and wearable" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,837, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to University of Massachusetts (Westborough, Mass.).

"Multi-layer photothermal textile and wearable" was invented by Wesley Viola (Somerville, Mass.) and Trisha L. Andrew (Hadley, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a textile having a photothermal absorber layer, which comprises a conjugated polymer; and a transmissive layer, which comprises fibers that forward scatter incident visible light with a transmission of 60% or greater. The photothermal absorber layer can be nylon coated with a conjugated polymer, such as PEDOT. The transmissive layer can be a non-woven polypropy...