ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,355, issued on May 13, was assigned to SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (South Korea).
"Hybrid crosslinked polymer membrane" was invented by Jong Suk Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Jung Yu (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Ju Ho Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Heseong An (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid crosslinked polymeric membrane and a process for fabricating the same are provided. Specifically, the hybrid crosslinked polymer membrane comprises a glassy polymer and a ladder-structured polysilsesquioxane and has a crosslinked structure. The hybrid crosslinked polymer membr...