US Patent Issued to Celgard on Nov. 18 for "Functionalized porous membranes and methods of manufacture and use" (Arizona, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,416, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Celgard LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Functionalized porous membranes and methods of manufacture and use" was invented by Kristoffer K. Stokes (Lunenburg, Mass.) and Karl F. Humiston (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A functionalized microporous, mesoporous, or nanoporous membrane, material, textile, composite, laminate, or the like, and/or a method of making or using such functionalized membranes. The functionalized porous membrane may be a functionalized microporous, mesoporous, or nanoporous membrane that has a functional molecule attached, such as a functional polymer, to the surface ...