ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,612, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris) and UNIVERSITE DE HAUTE-ALSACE (Mulhouse, France).

"Ultrafast cyclic ether-amine photopolyaddition and uses thereof" was invented by Patxi Garra (Mulhouse, France), Jacques Lalevee (Mulhouse, France), Fabrice Morlet-Savary (Pfastatt, France), Celine Dietlin (Mulhouse, France) and Aurore Caron (Mulhouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to compositions (self-thermally) curable on demand under the triggering action of UV-visible to near-infrared irradiation of moderate intensity, method of using same for accel...