ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,748, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Metal-ligand complexes" was invented by Roger L. Kuhlman (Freeport, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure directed towards metal-ligand complex of Formula I: wherein M is titanium, zirconium, or hafnium; R is hydrogen or a (C1 to C4)alkyl; R1 is a (C1 to C4) alkyl; any one or two of R2, R3, R4, R5 is independently a (C1 to C20) alkyl and the three or two of R2, R3, R4, R5 is H; and each X is independently a halide, a (C1 to C20) alkyl, a (C7 to C20) aralkyl, a (C1 to C6) alkyl-substituted (C6 to C12) aryl, a (C1...