ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,025, issued on July 15, was assigned to SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA LLC (Alpharetta, Ga.).
"Poly(arylene sulfide) polymers and corresponding polymer compositions and articles" was invented by Matthew Nielsen (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Stephane Jeol (Saint-Genis-Laval, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are poly(arylene sulfide) ("PAS") polymers (PASP) including recurring units formed from a dihalocarbazole containing monomer. It was surprisingly found that such monomers could be incorporated into PAS polymers at desirable concentrations to provide improved amine content. Additionally, it was surprisingly found that, ...