US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK on Jan. 20 for "Bamboo structures, and methods for fabrication and use thereof" (Maryland, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,187, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Md.).

"Bamboo structures, and methods for fabrication and use thereof" was invented by Liangbing Hu (Potomac, Md.), Chaoji Chen (Greenbelt, Md.), Zhihan Li (College Park, Md.) and Jiaqi Dai (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Natural bamboo is chemically treated to remove at least some lignin therefrom. As a result, the bamboo becomes more porous and less rigid, while otherwise retaining the aligned microstructure of bamboo fibers and constituent cellulose nanofibers. In some embodiments, the treated bamboo can then be pressed such that...