US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS on Jan. 13 for "Polyurethane foam and methods of forming the same" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,751, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS Corp. (Malvern, Pa.).

"Polyurethane foam and methods of forming the same" was invented by Qing Diao (Shanghai), Yue Dong (Shanghai), Russell S. Cook (Whitehall, N.Y.) and James N. Gordon (Waban, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polyurethane foam may include an isocyanate polymer component and a polyol component. The polyol component may include a polyol having a molecular weight of at least about 500 kg/mol and not greater than about 6000 kg/mol. The polyurethane foam may have an elongation of at least about 500%. The polyurethane foam may further have a ...