ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,213, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DOW SILICONES Corp. (Midland, Mich.) and DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Composition and foamed polyurethane article formed therewith" was invented by Abhishek Shete (Lake Jackson, Texas), Kaoru Aou (Lake Jackson, Texas), Dakai Ren (Lake Jackson, Texas), William A. Koonce (Lake Jackson, Texas), Adam L. Grzesiak (Midland, Mich.), James Young Jr. (Midland, Mich.) and Sachit Goyal (Lake Jackson, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for preparing a foamed polyurethane article is disclosed. The composition comprises (1) an isocyanate-reactive component and (2) an isocyanat...