US Patent Issued to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS on March 11 for "Templated antimicrobial microgels and methods of making and using the same" (Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,591, issued on March 11, was assigned to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Little Rock, Ark.).

"Templated antimicrobial microgels and methods of making and using the same" was invented by Susanne Striegler (Fayetteville, Ark.) and Babloo Sharma (Fayetteville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are antimicrobial materials comprising a carbohydrate-templated microgel and a plurality of metal ions complexed thereto. The carbohydrate-templated microgel comprises a network copolymer molecule comprising a monoacrylate monomer, a crosslinking monomer, and a ligand monomer and wherein the microgel is pre...