ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,430, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY (Suzhou, China).

"Monomer for polymer gel, polymer gel and preparation therefor" was invented by Jianmei Lu (Suzhou, China) and Qingfeng Xu (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a monomer for a polymer gel, a polymer gel and a preparation method therefor. The preparation method includes: reacting 4,4',4"-trihydroxytriphenylmethane with tert-butyldimethylchlorosilane to obtain TPC-OTBS; reacting 4,4',4"-trihydroxy triphenylmethane with sulfuryl fluoride in the presence of triethylamine to prepare TPC-OSO2F; and dissolving the TPC-OTBS and TPC-OSO2F in DMF...