ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,584, issued on March 18, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Poly(aryl ether) based polymers and associated methods" was invented by Timothy Manning Swager (Newton, Mass.), Richard Liu (Cambridge, Mass.) and Sheng Guo (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods related to the synthesis and application of poly(aryl ether)s are generally described."

The patent was filed on Dec. 23, 2021, under Application No. 17/560,983.

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