US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK-NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, Cork on May 27 for "Coating composition comprising integrated functionality" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,486, issued on May 27, was assigned to UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK-NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, Cork (Cork, Ireland).

"Coating composition comprising integrated functionality" was invented by Michael A. Morris (Midleton, Ireland), Sibu C. Padmanabhan (Silversprings, Ireland), Joseph P. Kerry (Kilmichael Macroom, Ireland) and Malco C. Cruz-Romero (Glanmire, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating composition for applying a very thin film coating to a substrate such as a polymeric film comprises a copolymer such as a block copolymer (BCP) that is compatible with the substrate, an alcohol solvent or solvents capable of dissolvin...