US Patent Issued to FYZIKALNI USTAV AV CR, V.V.I. on Oct. 7 for "Terpolymer and polymer brushes for use against non-specific adsorption of substances from biological media" (Czech Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,170, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FYZIKALNI USTAV AV CR, V.V.I. (Prague).

"Terpolymer and polymer brushes for use against non-specific adsorption of substances from biological media" was invented by Hana Lisalova (Prague), Marketa Vrabcova (Prague), Ivana Visova (Ceska Trebova, Czech Republic), Milan Houska (Prague) and Alexandr Dejneka (Brandys nad Labem, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A random terpolymer of N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide, carboxybetaine methacrylamide and sulfobetaine methacrylamide, and a polymer brush and to a functionalized polymer brush containing this terpolymer are disclosed. The random...