US Patent Issued to Iowa State University Research Foundation on Dec. 9 for "Heteroaryl-thio-substituted pyrones" (Iowa, Colorado, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,341, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. (Ames, Iowa).

"Heteroaryl-thio-substituted pyrones" was invented by Brent Shanks (Ames, Iowa), George A. Kraus (Ames, Iowa), William Bradley (Schaumburg, Ill.), Jiajie Huo (Boulder, Colo.) and Kyle Podolak (Ames, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heteroaryl-thio-substituted pyrone compound that is a heteroaryl-thio-substituted pyrone or a heteroaryl-thio-substituted coumarin. In various embodiments, the heteroaryl-thio-substituted pyrone compound or a reaction product thereof is a metal corrosion inhibitor."

The patent was filed on June 12, 2024...