US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University on Oct. 7 for "Aqueous mixtures comprising cellulose nanocrystals and sulfonated polyester" (North Carolina, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,832, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Aqueous mixtures comprising cellulose nanocrystals and sulfonated polyester" was invented by Soo Ah Jin (Raleigh, N.C.), Emily Facchine (Raleigh, N.C.), Saad A. Khan (Raleigh, N.C.), Orlando Rojas (Raleigh, N.C.), Richard J. Spontak (Raleigh, N.C.) and Koushik Ghosh (Kingsport, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aqueous mixtures can include cellulose nanocrystals and sulfonated polyester, where a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the sulfonated polyester is greater than 25deg C. In some instances, exemplary aqueous mixtures also include one o...