ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,344, issued on May 13, was assigned to Trinseo Europe GmbH (Horgen, Switzerland).

"(Meth)acrylic polymer composition comprising particles, its method of preparation and its use as masterbatch" was invented by Cedric Roy (Corneville sur Risle, France), Sylvain Queruel (Beaumont le Roger, France), Brian Cromer (Wayne, Pa.), Florence Mehlmann (Berwyn, Pa.) and Jack Reilly (Blue Bell, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polymeric (meth) acrylic composition including polymeric silicone particles and optionally polymeric (meth)acrylic particles. The polymeric silicone particles have a weight average particle diameter between 1 micro metre...