US Patent Issued to Dow Global Technologies, Dow Silicones on Sept. 23 for "Methods for the preparation and use of silyl ester compounds" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,354, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.) and Dow Silicones Corp. (Midland, Mich.).

"Methods for the preparation and use of silyl ester compounds" was invented by Matthew Jeletic (Midland, Mich.), Donald V. Eldred (Midland, Mich.) and Michael Telgenhoff (Midland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing a silyl ester compound is disclosed. The silyl ester compound may be a silane monomer or siloxane oligomer. The silyl ester compound may be hydro silylated with a polyorganohydrogensiloxane to form a silyl ester protected product, which may then be de-protected with water...