US Patent Issued to Iowa State University Research Foundation on Sept. 23 for "Synthetic catalysts for carbohydrate processing" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,272, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. (Ames, Iowa).

"Synthetic catalysts for carbohydrate processing" was invented by Yan Zhao (Ames, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to molecularly-imprinted cross-linked micelles that can selectively hydrolyze carbohydrates."

The patent was filed on April 15, 2024, under Application No. 18/636,070.

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