US Patent Issued to YEE TUNG GARMENT on April 14 for "Hydrogel preparation, method of forming same and method of coating a fabric" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,823, issued on April 14, was assigned to YEE TUNG GARMENT COMPANY Ltd. (Kwai Chung, Hong Kong).

"Hydrogel preparation, method of forming same and method of coating a fabric" was invented by Kindness Alfred Uyanga (Kowloon, Hong Kong), Yuwanda Iamphaojeen (Kowloon, Hong Kong), Weilu Li (Kowloon, Hong Kong) and Walid Daoud (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogel preparation 10 is disclosed as including carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) 12, fumaric acid 14, a plurality of cavities 16 formed by the CMC and the fumaric acid, and zinc oxide 26 and/or xylitol 24 within the cavities."

The patent was filed on Dec. 1, 2022,...