US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on April 29 for "Composite materials promoting the catchment and attachment of seaweed holdfasts" (Pennsylvania, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,955, issued on April 29, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Composite materials promoting the catchment and attachment of seaweed holdfasts" was invented by Norman E. Clough (Landenberg, Pa.), Eric Dufford (Newark, Del.) and Varendra N. Silva (Newark, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some aspects of the disclosure relate to composite materials and cultivation systems with particular utility for use in aquaculture, for example cultivating various species of seaweed. The systems comprise at least one highly tortuous and often micro-fibrous material and at least one material having low tortuosity. These syst...