ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,234, issued on July 15, was assigned to Elantas Europe S.R.L. (Italy).
"Use of isosorbide" was invented by Paola Gherardi (Parma, Italy), Daniela Menozzi (Parma, Italy), Fabio Campanini (Parma, Italy) and Ettore Fazio (Parma, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the use of a composition comprising isosorbide diglycidyl ether and a curing agent as a sacrificial support, to a sacrificial support comprising isosorbide repeating units, to methods for producing the sacrificial support of the invention and to uses of the sacrificial support of the invention for producing three-dimensional objects."
The pat...