US Patent Issued to Synthomer (UK) on Feb. 25 for "Self-supported elastomeric film having self-healing properties made from a polymer latex" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,334, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Synthomer (UK) Ltd. (Harlow, Great Britain).

"Self-supported elastomeric film having self-healing properties made from a polymer latex" was invented by Peter Shaw (Harlow, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to self-supported elastomeric film made from a composition comprising polymer latex particles bearing ethylenically unsaturated groups pending from the polymeric backbone of the latex particles wherein the ethylenic unsaturation is separated from the polymeric backbone by at least 3 chemical bonds, to an article comprising the self-supported elastomeri...