ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,402, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SYENSQO SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA LLC (Alpharetta, Ga.).
"Polyamides and corresponding polymer compositions, articles and methods for making and using" was invented by Stephane Jeol (Saint-Genis-Laval, France) and Joel Flores (Alpharetta, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are polyamides (PA) incorporating a cycloaliphatic monomer containing a cyclohexyl group. It was surprisingly discovered that by incorporating the cycloaliphatic monomer containing a cyclohexyl group, the resulting polyamides (PA) had significantly reduced water absorption and significantly increased Tg, while m...