ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,380, issued on Aug. 5.
"Brominated flame retardants and polyurethanes containing the same" was invented by Augusto C. Ibay (Baton Rouge, La.), Tse-Chong Wu (Baton Rouge, La.), Charles D. Varnado Jr. (Denham Springs, La.) and Yunqi Liu (Baton Rouge, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure includes brominated alkenyl alcohols, their use as a flame retardant in polyurethane and polyurethane foams, and polyurethanes containing the brominated alkenyl alcohols. Compositions, methods, and processes are disclosed. The brominated alkenyl alcohols used as flame retardants in polyurethanes can be generally described by Formula (I), the...