ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,068, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Munich).
"Biomimetic synthetic rubber" was invented by Ulrich Wendler (Halle, Germany), Marlen Malke (Halle, Germany), Lowis-Gerrit-Boje Muller (Rheine, Germany), Christian Schulze Gronover (Munster, Germany), Dirk Prufer (Munster, Germany), Jacqueline Wotzel (Teutschenthal, Germany), Mario Beiner (Schkopau, Germany) and Gaurav Gupta (Halle, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition comprising (i) a crosslinkable synthetic cis-1,4-polydiene having a cis content of at least 95% and a f...