US Patent Issued to Dow Silicones on April 8 for "Branched organosilicon compound, method of preparing same, and compositions comprising same" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,833, issued on April 8, was assigned to Dow Silicones Corp. (Midland, Mich.).

"Branched organosilicon compound, method of preparing same, and compositions comprising same" was invented by Nanguo Liu (Midland, Mich.) and Zachary Wenzlick (Midland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A branched organosilicon compound is provided which has the general formula (R1)3Si-X-NR2-X1-NR22- In the formula: each R1 is selected from R and -OSi(R4)3, with the proviso that at least one R1 is -OSi(R4)3; each R4 is selected from R, -OSi(R5)3, and -[OSiR2]mOSiR3; each R1 is selected from R, -OSi(R6)3, and -[OSiR2]mOSiR3; each R6 is selected from R and...