US Patent Issued to Mitsubishi Chemical on May 13 for "High-molecular-weight compound and method for producing same, composition and method for producing same, resin composition, additive for lubricating oil, and lubricating oil" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,301, issued on May 13, was assigned to Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (Tokyo).

"High-molecular-weight compound and method for producing same, composition and method for producing same, resin composition, additive for lubricating oil, and lubricating oil" was invented by Shunsuke Chatani (Tokyo), Yuki Miyahara (Tokyo), Hiroshi Niino (Tokyo), Masashi Ikawa (Tokyo), Haruki Okada (Tokyo) and Fumiko Fujie (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-molecular-weight compound having a plurality of polymer chains linked through a divalent or higher-valent linking group, in which the divalent or higher-valent linking group has a thiol group and a...