ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,514, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Covestro LLC (Pittsburgh).

"Ethylenically unsaturated compounds, methods for their preparation, and the use thereof in coating compositions" was invented by Meng He (South Elgin, Ill.), Grant S. Sheridan (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) and Eric Urruti (Elgin, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compounds that contain an ethylenically unsaturated group, a silane group, and an aspartate and/or hydantoin group are described. Also disclosed are methods for producing and using such compounds, such as their use in coating compositions, such as coating compositions suitable for application to optical glas...