US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on May 27 for "Dental composition containing a resorcinol or catechol moiety containing component and use thereof" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,037, issued on May 27, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Dental composition containing a resorcinol or catechol moiety containing component and use thereof" was invented by Adrian S. Eckert (Herrsching, Germany), Christoph H. Thalacker (Weilheim, Germany), Karsten Dede (Landsberg am Lech, Germany) and Marion B. Kandlbinder (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a composition comprising a resin matrix, an initiator system and a filler system. The resin matrix comprises a polymerizable component which contains a backbone comprising either a resorcinol or catechol moiety....