ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,548, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Sun Chemical Corp. (Parsippany, N.J.).

"Alkoxylated polymers" was invented by Ramasamy Krishnan (North Brunswick, N.J.), Ralph Arcurio (Bridgewater, N.J.) and Russell Schwartz (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides alkoxylated polymers. The alkoxylated polymers have two or more alkoxylated sites. The alkoxylated polymers can comprise any monomers and/or oligomers that contain one or more functional groups with an active hydrogen. The alkoxylated polymers are useful in any application for which polymers are generally used. For example, the alkoxylated polymers ...