US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL on Oct. 7 for "Polymers, fluorinated ionic polymer networks, and methods related thereto" (North Carolina, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,219, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

"Polymers, fluorinated ionic polymer networks, and methods related thereto" was invented by Frank Leibfarth (Carrboro, N.C.), Elango Kumarasamy (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Irene Manning (Carrboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are materials and methods related to the removal of a polyfluorinated alkyl compound from water. The materials contain both fluorine and an ion, which materials can be used as a network to remove the polyfluorinated alkyl compound from water."

The patent was filed on Aug. 21, 2020, under App...