Biofunctional materials

US11225654B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Corporation · JP
• THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON · US

Inventors

• Ping Wang · North Oaks, US
• Minjuan Zhang · Ann Arbor, US
• Hongfei Jia · Ann Arbor, US
• Archana H. Trivedi · Mumbai, IN
• Masahiko Ishii · Okazaki, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 12, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 18, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 12, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/06
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Provided are methods and compositions for self-cleaning that include a lysozyme capable of decomposing a microbe, a substrate applied to a solid surface, and a linker moiety bound to an outer surface of said substrate and an active group of said digestive protein, said linker moiety between said lysozyme and said substrate and covalently linking said lysozyme to a surface of said substrate optionally by an amide bond.