ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,572, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to CHONGQING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY (Chongqing, China) and IMDEA MATERIALS INSTITUTE (Madrid).

"Efficient phosphorus-containing toughening reactive flame retardant and preparation method thereof, and flame-retardant thermosetting resin" was invented by Zhi Li (Chongqing, China), De-Yi Wang (Madrid), Lei Zhang (Chongqing, China), Xuemeng Cao (Chongqing, China), En Tang (Chongqing, China), Xiaodie Zhang (Chongqing, China) and Linyun Jiang (Chongqing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an efficient phosphorus-containing toughening reactive flame retardant and a preparat...