ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,949, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Yield Engineering Systems Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).
"Polymer gels in the formation of polymer brushes" was invented by Jakob Pagh Nikolajsen (Horning, Denmark), Amanda Andersen (Horning, Denmark), Mie Lillethorup (Aarhus, Denmark) and Mikkel Skorkjaer Kongsfelt (Odder, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the use of polymer gels in the preparation of polymer brushes. In particular, the present invention relates to polymer gels swelled in the polymerisation medium. The invention further relates to the use of polymer gels in the formation of polymer brushes on a s...