US Patent Issued to Avient on July 8 for "Lubricious thermoplastic compounds and thermoplastic articles made therefrom" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,773, issued on July 8, was assigned to Avient Corp. (Avon Lake, Ohio).

"Lubricious thermoplastic compounds and thermoplastic articles made therefrom" was invented by Qing Ge (Solon, Ohio) and Jing Liu (Avon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lubricious thermoplastic articles are formed from thermoplastic compounds including (a) thermoplastic elastomer selected from thermoplastic polyurethane, polyether block amide, and combinations thereof; and (b) from about 5 to about 20 weight percent, by weight of the compound, of hydrophilic water-insoluble polymer selected from polyolefin-polyoxyalkylene block copolymer, crosslinked polyvinylp...