Biofunctional materials

US11236323B2 · 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: Jan 26, 2019
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2022
• Expiry date: Jan 26, 2039

Classification

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

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to compositions and processes in the field of self-cleaning system using digestive proteins. One composition includes a substrate, a digestive protein capable of decomposing a stain molecule, and a linker moiety bound to both said digestive protein and said substrate. The processes include binding a substrate to a surface and forming a linker moiety between a digestive protein and said substrate.