ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,526, issued on July 29, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Metal polyols for use in a polyurethane polymer" was invented by William J. Harris (Lake Jackson, Texas), Dakai Ren (Manvel, Texas), Stephen W. King (Galveson, Texas) and Xue Chen (Manvel, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides for a metal chelated polyol liquid and/or a metal chelated polyether polyol liquid that can be used in an isocyanate-reactive composition and a reaction mixture for forming a polyurethane polymer. The metal chelated polyester polyol liquid is a reaction product of a chelating polyester polyol ha...