ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,695, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Somaye Akbari (Iran) and AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Iran).

"Scented antibacterial nanofibrous layer" was invented by Somaye Akbari (Tehran, Iran), Maryam Mounesan (Tehran, Iran), Mohammad Haghighat kish (Tehran, Iran) and Niloofar Kamroodi (Tehran, Iran).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrospun nanofibrous layer may include an exemplary polymer scaffold made of at least one of nylon, polyester, polyvinyl alcohol, chitosan, and acrylic, an amine-terminated dendritic polymer that may be attached to and distributed within the exemplary polymer scaffold. An exemplary amine-terminated d...