US Patent Issued to Eastman Chemical on Aug. 5 for "Mixed ester terephthalate compositions useful as plasticizers" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,389, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.).

"Mixed ester terephthalate compositions useful as plasticizers" was invented by Zhenpeng Li (Piney Flats, Tenn.), Eric Jon Moskala (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Nathan Mitchell West (Kingsport, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses mixed ester terephthalate plasticizer compositions comprising: a compound of formula (I):, a compound of formula (II):, and a compound of formula (III):, wherein R1, R2, and n are defined herein. The present application also discloses resin compositions, insulation layers and cables comprising the plast...