US Patent Issued to NITTO KASEI on April 29 for "Curing catalyst used for curing of polymer, production method for said curing catalyst, moisture-curable composition, and production method for cured article" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,742, issued on April 29, was assigned to NITTO KASEI Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Curing catalyst used for curing of polymer, production method for said curing catalyst, moisture-curable composition, and production method for cured article" was invented by Yuya Nakagawa (Osaka, Japan) and Yasuo Imakura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose of the present invention is to provide a curing catalyst that is highly stable and has a practical curing speed. The present invention provides a curing catalyst [B] used for curing a polymer [A] that has a reactive hydrolyzable silicon-containing group. The curing catalyst [B] conta...