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US 2012/0252294 A1Published application
Silk protein coatings
AssigneeAmsilk GmbH
InventorsAxel H. Leimer, Lin Romer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for coating an inert or naturally occurring material with a silk polypeptide. It further relates to a coated inert or naturally occurring material obtainable by said method and to uses thereof. It also relates to products comprising said coated material.
Claims27
-37. (canceled)
A method of coating an inert or naturally occurring material with a silk polypeptide which comprises the steps of:
- i) providing a solution which comprises at least one silk polypeptide comprising at least two identical repetitive units and a solvent, and
- ii) applying the solution on an inert material or on a naturally occurring material and thereby coating the inert material or the natural occurring material with the silk polypeptide.
Use of a silk polypeptide to dye inert materials.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.