US Patent Issued to Evonik Oxeno on Sept. 23 for "Use of bis(2-ethylhexyl) cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylate as plasticizer in surface coverings" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,415, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. KG (Marl, Germany).

"Use of bis(2-ethylhexyl) cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylate as plasticizer in surface coverings" was invented by Michael Grass (Haltern am See, Germany), Imke Schulz (Ludinghausen, Germany) and Carsten Gehlen (Marl, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides multilayer surface coverings each having a layer obtained from a filler-containing PVC plastisol and obtained from a filler-free PVC plastisol, each of which comprises a plasticizer composition comprising bis(2-ethylhexyl) cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylate. Such surface coverings may ...