US Patent Issued to Dow Global Technologies on Jan. 20 for "Alpha-olefin interpolymers with improved molecular design for photovoltaic encapsulants" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,897, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Alpha-olefin interpolymers with improved molecular design for photovoltaic encapsulants" was invented by Gaoxiang Wu (Lake Jackson, Texas), Brian M. Habersberger (Lake Jackson, Texas), Johnathan E. DeLorbe (Lake Jackson, Texas), Thomas Wesley Karjala Jr. (Lake Jackson, Texas), Yabin Sun (Shanghai) and Rongjuan Cong (Lake Jackson, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition comprising an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer that comprises the following properties: a) a total unsaturation/1000Cless than=0.30; b) a molecular weight distribution (...