US Patent Issued to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES on Feb. 3 for "Synthesis of polyurethane polymers in flow reactors" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,212, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Synthesis of polyurethane polymers in flow reactors" was invented by Tim Erdmann (San Jose, Calif.), Nathaniel H. Park (San Jose, Calif.), James L. Hedrick (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Pedro Arrechea (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques regarding the polymerization of polyurethanes are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise synthesizing, via a polymerization reaction performed within a flow reactor, a polyurethane. The polymerization reaction can polymerize a diol with a diisocyanate."...