ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,664, issued on March 18, was assigned to Clemson University Research Foundation (Clemson, S.C.).
"Free fatty acid-based composites" was invented by Andrew G. Tennyson (Clemson, S.C.) and Rhett C. Smith (Clemson, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved material, preferably a biomaterial, is provided which is the reaction product of S8 and a free fatty acid or free fatty acid-containing material, preferably in the presence of metal. The improved material can be made by a method comprising reacting S8 with a free fatty acid to obtain a FFA/S8 composite and shaping the FFA/S8 composite into a solid form. The solid form of said F...