ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,253, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Green Boom Corp. (Atlanta).

"Composition for polymerization and grafting to a polysaccharide or agricultural fibers and method of manufacturing thereof" was invented by Sudhir Sharma (Atlanta) and Yulin Deng (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are absorbent compositions and methods of making and using the compositions. The absorbent composition including a hydrophilic cellulosic material functionalized with one or more hydrophobic chemical modification agents. The one or more hydrophobic chemical modification agents can be polymerized with or grafted to the hydrophilic ...