ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,471, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS Corp. (Malvern, Pa.).

"Multilayer tubing for chemical transfer applications" was invented by James Ludlow (Medina, Ohio), Morgan D. Heskett (Akron, Ohio), Mark F. Colton (Rootstown, Ohio) and Michael J. Tzivanis (Chicopee, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed that include providing a multilayer tubing construction with an inner layer, an intermediate layer, and an outer or third layer formed from a material comprising a non-phthalate plasticizer, such as TOTM, DOA, DOTP, or combinations thereof. The multilayer tubing may be sui...