ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,478, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ISP INVESTMENTS LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"High molecular weight block copolymers comprising repeating units derived from monomers comprising lactam and acryloyl moieties and hydrophilic monomers, compositions, and applications thereof" was invented by Osama M. Musa (Bedminster, N.J.), Victoria Jane Cunningham (Yorkshire, Great Britain) and Steven Peter Armes (Yorkshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application provides high molecular weight block copolymers comprising at least one block A comprising repeating units derived from monomers comprising lactam and acryloyl moietie...