US Patent Issued to SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, Cytec Industries on Feb. 4 for "Poly(ether ketone ketone) (PEKK) polymer and composites" (Georgia, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,192, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA LLC (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Cytec Industries Inc. (Princeton, N.J.).

"Poly(ether ketone ketone) (PEKK) polymer and composites" was invented by Chantal Louis (Alpharetta, Ga.) and James Pratte (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to poly(ether ketone ketone) (PEKK) polymers, a method for the manufacture thereof, to articles and composites made therefrom, to methods of making the composites, and composite articles including the PEKK composites. It was surprisingly discovered that by synthesizing the PEKK polymers from low-metal m...