ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,474, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Covestro Deutschland AG (Leverkusen, Germany) and Shashin Kagaku Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Process for the batch reactive mixing and degassing of thermosetting polymers and device implementing said process" was invented by Yasuaki Baba (Kyoto, Japan), Tetsuya Sakata (Kyoto, Japan), Shigeru Kohara (Kyoto, Japan), Ryosuke Eto (Kyoto, Japan), Philippe Jeantin (Alixan, France) and Jean-Paul Rodrigues (Chateauneuf-sur-Isere, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for the batch reactive mixing and degassing of thermosetting polymers, such as polyurethane or similar, comprising at least one he...