US Patent Issued to UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz on March 24 for "Encapsulation of larvicides into biopolymer capsules" (American, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,117, issued on March 24, was assigned to UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

"Encapsulation of larvicides into biopolymer capsules" was invented by Alexandra Victoria Yingling (Albuquerque, N.M.), Ivy Foo-Hurwitz (Albuquerque, N.M.), Linnea Ista (Albuquerque, N.M.), Scott Matthews (Williamsville, N.Y.), Fernando Genta (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Bruno Gomes da Silva (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention describes capsule compositions consisting of crosslinked chitosan, beta-glucan or alginate, and encapsulates an environmentally co...