ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,482, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris), NANTES UNIVERSITE (Nantes, France), ECOLE NATIONALE VETERINAIRE AGROALIMENTAIRE ET DE L'ALIMENTATION (Nantes, France), INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT (Paris) and INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE (Toulouse, France).

"Method for preparing an elastomer from a hydroxylated fatty acid and elastomer obtained by such a method" was invented by Benedicte Bakan (Nantes, France), Didier Marion (Nantes, France), Denis Lourdin (Sucesur Erdre, France), Mathilde Marc (Nantes, France), Romain Valentin (Toulouse, France), Zephirin Mouloungui ...