US Patent Issued to Dow Global Technologies on March 4 for "Polymeric compositions for optical fiber cable components" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,970, issued on March 4, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Polymeric compositions for optical fiber cable components" was invented by Karl M. Seven (Auburn, Pa.), Mohamed Esseghir (Lawrenceville, N.J.) and Jeffrey M. Cogen (Flemington, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes steps of (a) blending a polymeric composition, including: (i) 5 wt % to 45 wt % of a silanol-functionalized polyolefin based on a total weight of the polymeric composition; (ii) 55 wt % to 90 wt % of a polybutylene terephthalate based on a total weight of the polymeric composition having a melt flow index from 21 g/10 min...