US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on July 15 for "Melanin-peptide-based photonic materials" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,428, issued on July 15, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Melanin-peptide-based photonic materials" was invented by Christopher A. Voigt (Cambridge, Mass.) and Di Sheng Lee (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A colored composition having a self-assembly of a plurality of a peptide and melanin, and methods of producing and using the colored composition are described."

The patent was filed on April 12, 2021, under Application No. 17/228,637.

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