US Patent Issued to President and Fellows of Harvard College on May 13 for "Copolymers for stabilizing emulsions and/or forming interfacial films, and methods thereof" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,045, issued on May 13, was assigned to President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Copolymers for stabilizing emulsions and/or forming interfacial films, and methods thereof" was invented by David A. Weitz (Cambridge, Mass.), Joerg G. Werner (Medford, Mass.), Julie V. Brouchon (Cambridge, Mass.), John Heyman (Cambridge, Mass.) and Brendan Deveney (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to polymers and, in particular, to copolymers for stabilizing, e.g., emulsions or droplets. In certain aspects, the copolymers may comprise a relatively hydrophobic monomer and a relati...