ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,884, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION Ltd. (Haifa, Israel).

"Protein-based films" was invented by Nadav Amdursky (Haifa, Israel) and Ramesh Nandi (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Protein based highly stretchable compositions with ionic conductivity are disclosed herein. Methods for preparing such compositions are also disclosed."

The patent was filed on Oct. 29, 2020, under Application No. 17/772,812.

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