ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,585, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Kraton Corp. (The Woodlands, Texas).
"Silane functionalized styrenic block copolymer" was invented by Xavier D.D.J. Muyldermans (Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium) and Yongkui Sun (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A silane functionalized block copolymer (SiHSBC) is disclosed comprising: 80 to 99.90 wt. % of a hydrogenated styrenic block copolymer (HSBC) and 0.1 to 20 wt. % of a silane, based on the total weight of the SiHSBC. The HSBC is obtained by hydrogenation of a styrenic block copolymer (SBC) comprising at least one polymer block A derived from a vinyl aromatic monomer, and at least one ...