ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,341, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas).

"Photocurable compositions and methods of use thereof" was invented by Zachariah A. Page (Austin, Texas), Dowon Ahn (Austin, Texas) and Alex Stafford (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are photocurable compositions and methods of use thereof. The photocurable compositions comprise: a (co)monomer; a photosensitizer having an absorption hand, wherein at least a portion of the absorption band is located at one or more wavelength from 400 nm to 1400 nm, and wherein the photosensitizer comprises a xanthene, a...