ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,905, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).
"Flame-retardant thermoplastic polyurethane" was invented by Oliver Steffen Henze (Lemfoerde, Germany), Oliver Muehren (Lemfoerde, Germany), Birte Nitz (Lemfoerde, Germany), Tanja Lange (Lemfoerde, Germany), Sabine Moeller (Lemfoerde, Germany) and Alfons Bertels (Lemfoerde, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one thermoplastic polyurethane, a first phosphorus-containing flame retardant (F1) selected from the group consisting of melamine polyphosphates and a further phosphorus-contain...