US Patent Issued to Duke University on March 11 for "Enzyme-mediated free radical initiating systems for the production of hydrogels and controlled radical polymerization processes" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,090, issued on March 11, was assigned to Duke University (Durham, N.C.).

"Enzyme-mediated free radical initiating systems for the production of hydrogels and controlled radical polymerization processes" was invented by Teng Su (Durham, N.C.), Jennifer West (Durham, N.C.) and Neica Joseph (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes, in part, an enzyme-mediated radical initiating system and methods of using the system to produce polymers, including polymeric hydrogels, at ambient conditions."

The patent was filed on July 13, 2022, under Application No. 17/812,354.

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