ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,297, issued on June 24.
"Method for obtaining sulfated nanoparticles of cellulose and mannan from endosperms" was invented by Enrique Javier Carvajal-Barriga (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for obtaining highly sulfated nanoparticles of cellulose or sulfated nanoparticles of mannan, or a combination thereof, from endosperms, comprising acquiring a ground flour of an endosperm of a seed, nut, or pit, wherein the ground flour contains polysaccharides, and wherein the polysaccharides contain either cellulose or mannan, or both cellulose and mannan; pretreating the ground flour to condition the polysaccharides for...