ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,608, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to NISSAN CHEMICAL Corp. (Tokyo).

"Biological material adhesion inhibitor" was invented by Miya Hiroi (Funabashi, Japan), Takeaki Shoji (Funabashi, Japan), Yoshiomi Hiroi (Funabashi, Japan), Natsuki Abe (Shiraoka, Japan) and Yuki Ueda (Funabashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a composition for forming a coating film, a coating film and a substrate having the coating film, which have excellent compatibility with biological substances, as well as a method for producing the same. A composition for forming a coating film having the ability to inhibit adhesion of biological substanc...