ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,677, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
"Biobased dental filler and method of preparation thereof" was invented by Abm Sharif Hossain (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Fazliny Abdul Rahman (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) and Moniruddin Chowdhury (Kedah, Malaysia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biobased dental filler includes a nanocomposite including a mixture of nanostarch and nanocellulose obtained from date seed, olive seed, moringa seed coat. The biobased dental filler includes a dye mixture containing root beet dye, ajwa date pigment, and black cumin seed pigment. The biobased d...