ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,794, issued on July 22, was assigned to Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel) and Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel).

"Nanocomposites comprising biodegradable polymers and inorganic nanoparticles, methods of preparation and uses thereof" was invented by Reshef Tenne (Rehovot, Israel), Hila Shalom (Rehovot, Israel) and Noa Lachman Senesh (Rishon LeZion, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention is directed to nanocomposite comprising biodegradable polymers and inorganic nanoparticles or nanotubes, methods of preparation and uses thereof."

The patent was filed on Dec. 26, 2019, under App...