US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Jan. 13 for "Synergists for hyperbranched polyol polymer processing additives" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,725, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Synergists for hyperbranched polyol polymer processing additives" was invented by Chetan P. Jariwala (Woodbury, Minn.) and Claude Lavallee (Roseville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Synergists are combined with hyperbranched polyester polyols to form polymer processing additive compositions. The synergists are selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycols, polyethylene oxides, polycaprolactones and combinations thereof. Compositions containing a thermoplastic polymer and such polymer processing additive compositions, as well as...