In a historic first, 2 Black women recognized by U S National Inventors Hall of Fame
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Indian-American Chemist Sumita Mitra Wins European Inventor Award 2021
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Indian-American chemist Sumita Mitra wins European Inventor Award 2021 in the Non-EPO countries category : The Tribune India
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The European Patent Office May 4 announced that Indian American chemist Sumita Mitra was nominated as a finalist for its 2021 European Inventor Award in the Non-EPO countries category.
Mitra was the first to apply nanotechnology to the production of dental materials, leading to the creation of a new composite to repair teeth which has many advantages over conventional materials, according to the news release.
Mitraâs material overcomes many of the limitations of previous dental composites, which were either too weak to be used on biting surfaces, or quickly lost their polish and became physically unattractive.
In addition, her invention is more versatile than other composites, meaning it can be used in any area of the mouth and simplifies the filling procedure for dentists. Commercialized as Filtek Supreme Universal Restorative since 2002 by 3M, the U.S. multinational for whom Mitra worked for more than 30 years, the technology and the products developed from it are tod