ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,539, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to DOW SILICONES Corp. (Midland, Mich.) and ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY (Collegeville, Pa.).
"Sealant composition" was invented by Jiang Peng (Shanghai), Yi Guo (Shanghai), Nanguo Liu (Midland, Mich.), Nick Shephard (Auburn, Mich.), Ye Wu (Shanghai) and Matt Olsen (Wilmington, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A one-part room temperature vulcanisable (RTV) silicone composition containing a catalyst comprising (i) a titanate and/or zirconate and (ii) a metal carboxylate salt which cures to a silicone elastomer which may be used as a clear sealant which avoids discolouration and loss of adhesion upon ag...