ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,931, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Conductive polymer composition, substrate, and method for producing substrate" was invented by Takayuki Nagasawa (Joetsu, Japan) and Jun Hatakeyama (Joetsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conductive polymer composition containing: a composite containing a Pi-conjugated polymer (A) and a polymer (B) shown by the following general formula (2); H2O (D) for dispersing the composite; and a water-soluble organic solvent (C). This provides a composition which has favorable filterability and film formability, and which is capable of relieving acidity and ...