US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security on June 17 for "Reactive membrane networks for CWA protection" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,144, issued on June 17, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Reactive membrane networks for CWA protection" was invented by Francesco Fornasiero (Oakland, Calif.), Edmond Y. Lau (Dublin, Calif.) and Carlos A. Valdez (San Ramon, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a chemically reactive membrane includes applying a first solution to a structure, the first solution includes a macrocyclic ligand having electron-donating ligands and a side functional group for crosslinking, crosslinking a plurality of the macrocyclic ligand to form a first network of crosslinked macrocyclic l...