ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,283, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Arkema France (Puteaux, France).

"(meth)acrylate-functionalized oligomers and methods of preparing and using such oligomers" was invented by Jon Scholte (Exton, Pa.) and Brendan Mcgrail (Exton, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "(Meth)acrylate-functionalized oligomers having a) an oligomeric backbone comprised of first segments and second segments and b) (meth)acrylate-functionalized end groups are provided. Such oligomers are useful as components of curable compositions. The first segments, second segments and (meth)acrylate-functionalized end groups are linked together by linking moieties deriv...