ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,841, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Akron Polymer Systems Inc. (Akron, Ohio).
"Optically transparent polyimides" was invented by John McNamara (El Sobrante, Calif.), John D. Harvey (Akron, Ohio), Matthew J. Graham (Akron, Ohio) and Carolyn Scherger (Akron, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides novel polyimides having a high aliphatic monomer-content and improved optical properties and solubility relative to conventional polyimides. Also provided are methods of making the polyimides, articles of manufacture incorporating the polyimides and methods for making these, as well as methods of using the poly...