ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,808, issued on July 22.

"Self-crosslinked polymeric dispersant" was invented by Genggeng Qi (Webster, N.Y.), Yu Qi (Penfield, N.Y.) and Chieh-Min Cheng (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-crosslinked polymeric dispersant including a self-crosslinked polymeric dispersant comprising: a copolymer comprising: an acid group; a base group; a hydrophobic group; and a steric hydrophilic group."

The patent was filed on Nov. 23, 2021, under Application No. 17/533,206.

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