US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on June 24 for "Isolation of fungal melanin and uses in external radiation shielding and heat capture" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,472, issued on June 24, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Isolation of fungal melanin and uses in external radiation shielding and heat capture" was invented by Radames J B Cordero (Baltimore), Arturo Casadevall (Baltimore) and Raghav Vij (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are methods including cell wall-associated melanin extraction and extracting melanin from microbes producing extracellular vesicles comprising melanin. Further described are composition comprising melanin, melanin coated articles and methods of coating an article. Uses of melanin in methods of heat generation and microwav...