US Patent Issued to University of Massachusetts on April 22 for "Phosphonium-based zwitterionic monomers and polymers, and compositions and methods thereof" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,132, issued on April 22, was assigned to University of Massachusetts (Westborough, Mass.).

"Phosphonium-based zwitterionic monomers and polymers, and compositions and methods thereof" was invented by Marcel U. Brown (Amherst, Mass.) and Todd Emrick (South Deerfield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides novel zwitterionic monomers and polymers (including copolymers) with pendent phosphonium-based zwitterionic moieties, and compositions and products comprising same, as well as related methods and uses of the compositions, for example, as surfactants, coatings, and interlayer materials, biomedical materials or agen...