ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,907, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SOBUTE NEW MATERIALS Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China) and BOTE NEW MATERIALS TAIZHOU Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).

"Polyhydroxy aromatic intermediate, preparation thereof and use thereof in polycondensate water-reducer with branched side chains" was invented by Qianping Ran (Nanjing, China), Zhen Huang (Nanjing, China), Yong Yang (Nanjing, China), Dongliang Zhou (Nanjing, China), Tao Wang (Nanjing, China), Xin Shu (Nanjing, China), Jiaping Liu (Nanjing, China) and Jinxiang Hong (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a polyhydroxy aromatic intermediate, preparation thereof and use the...