ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,024, issued on April 8, was assigned to INNOSPEC Ltd. (Ellesmere Port, Great Britain).
"Polymerization method and apparatus therefor" was invented by Carl Waterson (Ellesmere Port, Great Britain), Richard David Hayton (Ellesmere Port, Great Britain) and Ian Malcolm McRobbie (Ellesmere Port, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of assembling and/or operating apparatus for undertaking a chemical reaction. The apparatus includes a housing in which a precursor of a receptacle is arranged. A fluid (F1) may be introduced into said precursor to cause the precursor to inflate."
The patent was filed on Sept. 28, 2023, under ...