ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,077, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS AMERICAS LLC (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Curable resin compositions containing an aliphatic polyketone toughener and composites made therefrom" was invented by Kevin Wacker (The Woodlands, Texas), Dong Le (The Woodlands, Texas) and Derek Kincaid (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a curable resin composition including a thermoset resin, an aliphatic polyketone as a toughener and a hardener. The curable resin composition may be combined with reinforcing fibers and then cured to form a fiber-reinforced composite article havin...