US Patent Issued to Synthomer Sdn. Bhd. on Aug. 5 for "Polymer latex composition for the preparation of an elastomeric film having self-healing properties" (Malaysian, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,344, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Synthomer Sdn. Bhd. (Johor Darul Takzim, Malaysia).

"Polymer latex composition for the preparation of an elastomeric film having self-healing properties" was invented by Peter Shaw (Harlow, Great Britain), Zhenli Wei (Johor Darul Takzim, Malaysia) and Yi-Fan Goh (Johor Darul Takzim, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aqueous polymer latex composition is described for the preparation of an elastomeric film comprising: (I) particles of a latex polymer obtained by free-radical emulsion polymerization of a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, the particles bearing functional groups ...