US Patent Issued to SABANCI UNIVERSITESI NANOTEKNOLOJI ARASTIRMA VE UYGULAMA MERKEZI SUNUM, ISTANBUL TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI on Nov. 25 for "Use of photothermal agents in air filters" (Turkish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,908, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SABANCI UNIVERSITESI NANOTEKNOLOJI ARASTIRMA VE UYGULAMA MERKEZI SUNUM (Istanbul) and ISTANBUL TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI (Istanbul).

"Use of photothermal agents in air filters" was invented by Derya Yuksel Imer (Istanbul) and Hayriye Unal (Istanbul).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photothermal composition configured to be used in air filter for destroying bioaerosol particles by converting light energy emitted from a light source into heat energy including a photothermal agent is provided. The present invention also concerns an air filter for collecting the bioaerosol particles in an air flow and des...