US Patent Issued to Dow Silicones on Feb. 4 for "Polydiorganosiloxane compositions and methods for use thereof in forming wood plastic composites" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,233, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Dow Silicones Corp. (Midland, Mich.).

"Polydiorganosiloxane compositions and methods for use thereof in forming wood plastic composites" was invented by Jodi Mecca (Midland, Mich.), James Keenihan (Midland, Mich.), Marc-Andre Courtemanche (Midland, Mich.), Keith Bruce (Midland, Mich.), Igor Chorvath (Midland, Mich.) and Sean Gaal (Midland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polydiorganosiloxane is useful in a composition and a method for preparing a wood plastic composite article. The wood plastic composite article is useful as a building material. The polydiorganosiloxane may be added to the...