US Patent Issued to Trinseo Europe on May 27 for "Acid-functionalized copolymers of methyl methacrylate and acrylic resin compositions based thereon" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,429, issued on May 27, was assigned to Trinseo Europe GmbH (Pfaeffikon, Switzerland).

"Acid-functionalized copolymers of methyl methacrylate and acrylic resin compositions based thereon" was invented by Jiaxin Jason Ge (Lower Providence, Pa.), Noah E. Macy (Royersford, Pa.), Florence Mehlmann (Berwyn, Pa.) and Estelle Meurice Pierrat (Corneville sur-Risle, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Acid-functionalized copolymers of methyl methacrylate having relatively high glass transition temperatures and molecular weights may be employed to manufacture articles having high light transmission values, low haze, high heat resistance, and ...