ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,274, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HRL Laboratories LLC (Malibu, Calif.).
"Anisotropic thermally conductive polymers with dynamic molecular weight, and methods of making the same" was invented by Ashley Dustin (Los Angeles), Adam Gross (Santa Monica, Calif.), Andrew Nowak (Los Angeles) and Adam Sorensen (Moorpark, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some variations provide an oligomer composition comprising: polarizable first thermotropic liquid-crystal oligomer molecules (preferably urethanes or ureas) containing first triggerable reactive end groups, wherein the first triggerable reactive end groups are selected from the group...