Biofunctional materials

US9828597B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. · US
• 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: Nov 22, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 28, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

The present invention relates to compositions and a process 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 link moiety bound to both said digestive protein and said substrate. An alternative composition includes a digestive protein capable of decomposing a stain molecule and a coating substrate wherein said digestive protein may be dispersed in said coating substrate. The process claim includes binding a substrate to a surface and forming a linker moiety between a digestive protein and said substrate.