ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,471, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.) and The Texas A&M University System (College Station, Texas).

"Alkene functionalized activators and their use in electrical applications" was invented by Richard J. Keaton (Lake Jackson, Texas), Oleg V. Ozerov (College Station, Texas), Qingheng Lai (College Station, Texas), Jerzy Klosin (Midland, Mich.), Michael J. Lesniak (Midland, Mich.), David M. Pearson (Lake Jackson, Texas), Todd D. Senecal (Midland, Mich.), William H. H. Woodward (Midland, Mich.), Sukrit Mukhopadhyay (Midland, Mich.), John R. Stutzman (Midland, Mich.) and Susan O. Gunther (College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract*...