ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,863, issued on March 24, was assigned to University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyo.).
"Synthetically modifiable ion channels" was invented by Bruce Alan Parkinson (Laramie, Wyo.), John Hoberg (Laramie, Wyo.) and Jordan Brophy (Laramie, Wyo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new class of ordered functional nanoporous material (OFNMs) with a unique combination of electronic conductivity, gas transport ability, and ion transport properties are provided. The OFNM provided is highly ordered and contains nanometer scale pores lined with nitrogen atoms. The pores have dimensions of from 1.2 nm to 82 nm of longest linear extent across the pore. Th...