US Patent Issued to BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE on Aug. 26 for "Zein-based low density porous absorbent" (Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,279, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE (Baton Rouge, La.).

"Zein-based low density porous absorbent" was invented by Bhuvnesh Bharti (Baton Rouge, La.), Kalliat T. Valsaraj (Baton Rouge, La.) and Nathan P. Holley (New Orleans).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Zein based sorbents and methods of making zein based sorbents are disclosed. A method of making the sorbents involves the use of zein nanoparticles, the creation of an emulsion, use of a cross-linking agent, the creation of a polymeric zein solution, and hydrophobization. Certain versions in...