US Patent Issued to University of Maryland on Nov. 18 for "Compositions comprising textured patterns and methods of using the same" (Maryland, Oregon, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,286, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to University of Maryland (College Park, Md.).

"Compositions comprising textured patterns and methods of using the same" was invented by Wolfgang Losert (Bethesda, Md.), John T. Fourkas (Bethesda, Md.), Meghan Driscoll (Berwyn Heights, Md.), Floyd Bates II (Upper Marlboro, Md.), Xiaoyu Sun (Laurel, Md.), Can Guven (Hilsboro, Ore.) and Joshua Parker (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides method of guiding unidirectional movement of a cell comprising exposing the cell to a surface comprising an asymmetric, three-dimensional pattern of one or a plurality of topographical el...