US Patent Issued to Arkema on Nov. 18 for "Composite functionalized acrylic process aids for gloss and surface modification" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,426, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Arkema Inc. (King of Prussia, Pa.).

"Composite functionalized acrylic process aids for gloss and surface modification" was invented by Ya-Ting Su (Malvern, Pa.), Kevin Ryan Yocca (Schwenksville, Pa.), Eric Peterson (Rutledge, Pa.) and Qing Li (King of Prussia, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite polymer process aid is provided. The process aid includes one or more inorganic mineral fillers and one or functionalized polymers. The functionalized polymers include at least one base polymer functionalized with an epoxy, hydroxyl, Beta-keto ester, Beta-keto amide, or carboxylic acid reacti...