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US 12,371,848 · App. 17/884,341 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Silk performance apparel and products and methods of preparing the same

Inventors: Gregory H. Altman (Providence, RI); Enrico Mortarino (Hickory, NC)
Assignee: EVOLVED BY NATURE, INC.
D06M15/15A41D13/0015A41D31/00A41D31/185A61K8/64A61Q19/00D06N7/00D06M2200/50D06N2203/02D10B2401/02
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Patent No.
US 12,371,848
App. No.
17/884,341
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Silk performance apparel and methods of preparing the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, silk performance apparel includes textiles, fabrics, consumer products, and other materials that are coated with aqueous solutions of pure silk fibroin-based protein fragments. In some embodiments, coated apparel products exhibit surprisingly improved moisture management properties and increased resistance to microbial growth.

Claims (21)

1. An article comprising a fabric having a coating, the coating comprising silk fibroin fragments having a weight average molecular weight selected from between about 5 kDa to about 10 kDa, about 6 kDa to about 16 kDa, about 17 kDa to about 38 kDa, about 39 kDa to about 80 kDa, about 60 to about 100 kDa, or about 80 kDa to about 144 kDa,

wherein the silk fibroin fragments have a polydispersity of between about 1.5 and about 3.0,

wherein the silk fibroin fragments, prior to coating the fabric, do not spontaneously or gradually gelate and do not visibly change in color or turbidity when in a solution for at least 10 days, and

wherein the article exhibits an accumulative one-way moisture transport index greater than 40%, greater than 60%, greater than 80%, greater than 100%, greater than 120%, greater than 140%, greater than 160%, or greater than 180%.

2. The article of claim 1 , wherein the silk fibroin fragments are selected from natural silk fibroin, recombinant silk fibroin, and combinations thereof.

3. The article of claim 1 , wherein the fabric comprises natural fibers or yarns, synthetic fibers or yarns, or combinations thereof.

4. The article of claim 3 , wherein the fabric comprises cotton, alpaca fleece, alpaca wool, llama fleece, llama wool, cashmere, sheep fleece, sheep wool, or combinations thereof.

5. The article of claim 3 , wherein the fabric comprises polyester, nylon, polyester-polyurethane copolymer, or combinations thereof.

6. The article of claim 1 , wherein the article exhibits an accumulative one way transport capability increase relative to fabric prior to coating of about 1.2 fold, about 1.5 fold, about 2.0 fold, or about 3.0 fold.

7. The article of claim 1 , wherein the article exhibits an overall moisture management capability greater than 0.05, greater than 0.10, greater than 0.15, greater than 0.20, greater than 0.25, greater than 0.30, greater than 0.35, greater than 0.40, greater than 0.50, greater than 0.60, greater than 0.70, or greater than 0.80.

8. The article of claim 1 , wherein the article exhibits substantially no increase in microbial growth after a number of machine washing cycles of about 5 cycles, about 10 cycles, about 25 cycles, and about 50 cycles.

9. The article of claim 8 , wherein the microbial growth is microbial growth of a microbe selected from the group consisting of Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae , and combinations thereof.

10. The article of claim 9 , wherein the microbial growth is reduced by a percentage selected from the group consisting of 50%, 100%, 500%, 1000%, 2000%, and 3000% compared to the fabric prior to coating.

11. The article of claim 1 , wherein the coating is applied to the fabric at a fiber or yarn level prior to forming the fabric.

12. The article of claim 1 , wherein the coating is applied to the fabric at a fabric level.

13. The article of claim 1 , wherein the coating has a thickness of about 5 nm to about 500 nm.

14. The article of claim 1 , wherein the coating has a thickness of about 5 nm, about 10 nm, about 15 nm, about 20 nm, about 25 nm, about 50 nm, about 100 nm, about 200 nm, about 500 nm, about 1 μm, about 5 μm, about 10 μm, or about 20 μm.

15. The article of claim 1 , wherein the coating is adsorbed on the fabric.

16. The article of claim 1 , wherein the coating is attached to the fabric through chemical, enzymatic, thermal, or irradiative cross-linking.

17. The article of claim 12 , wherein the hand of the coated fabric is improved relative to the fabric prior to coating.

18. The article of claim 17 , wherein the hand of the coated fabric that is improved is selected from the group consisting of softness, crispness, dryness, silkiness, and combinations thereof.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 16, 2024
From: SILK, INC.
To: EVOLVED BY NATURE, INC.
Reel/Frame 069211/0935 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2024
From: ALTMAN, GREGORY H.; MORTARINO, ENRICO
To: SILK THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 068919/0292 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 16, 2024
From: SILK THERAPEUTICS, INC.
To: SILK, INC.
Reel/Frame 069178/0509 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation 16356536 · Mar 18, 2019
Continuation 14958565 · Dec 3, 2015
Continuation PCTUS2015063545 · Dec 2, 2015
Provisional Application 62245221 · Oct 22, 2015
Provisional Application 62192477 · Jul 14, 2015
Provisional Application 62086297 · Dec 2, 2014
Related Publication 20220389649A1 · Dec 8, 2022
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