US Patent Issued to SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE on April 22 for "Colonic microbiota responsive polymer and its preparation method and use" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,154, issued on April 22, was assigned to SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (Shanghai).

"Colonic microbiota responsive polymer and its preparation method and use" was invented by Zeyu Xiao (Shanghai), Gaoxian Chen (Shanghai) and Kai Cui (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a colonic microbiota responsive polymer characterized in that it is prepared by the polymerization of a response monomer and a linking monomer, wherein the response monomer is a cellobiose with a Beta-(1,4)-glucoside bond or/and a lactose with a Beta-galactoside bond; the linking monomer is a monomer that reacts with the hydro...