US Patent Issued to ITACONIX on Sept. 16 for "Multibranched acid terminated oligomers of itaconic acid including vinylidine unsaturations" (New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,888, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ITACONIX Corp. (Stratham, N.H.).

"Multibranched acid terminated oligomers of itaconic acid including vinylidine unsaturations" was invented by Yvon Durant (Durham, N.H.), Madeleine Anderson (Lawrence, Mass.) and John Shaw (Hampton Falls, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed at multibranched acid terminated oligomers of itaconic acid. Such multibranched acid terminated oligomers also contain six or more vinylidine groups providing unsaturations that can then be relied upon for subsequent Michael nucleophilic addition type reactions. The subject oligomers have p...