US Patent Issued to HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS Americas on July 22 for "Phthalonitrile resins, methods of making same and compositions thereof" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,763, issued on July 22, was assigned to HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS Americas LLC.

"Phthalonitrile resins, methods of making same and compositions thereof" was invented by Kuanqiang Gao (The Woodlands, Texas), Naraso Borjigin (The Woodlands, Texas) and Tao Tao (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a functionalized phthalonitrile monomer derived from a polyhydric phenol comprising at least one furan group or thiophene group and 4-nitrophthalonitrile. The functionalized phthalonitrile monomer may be used in various thermosetting compositions which can be cured to form thermoset polymers hav...