ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,903, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE (Trieste, Italy).
"Catalysts and process for olefins and polar vinyl monomers copolymerization and olefins homopolymerization" was invented by Barbara Milani (Gradisca d'Isonzo, Italy), Anna Dall'Anese (Vittorio Veneto, Italy), Cyril Godard (Els Pallaresos Tarragona, Spain) and Myriam Yasmine Souleymanou (Terragona Tarragona, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a family of Pd(II)-based catalysts of general formula (I) reproduced below for use in the production of olefin/polar vinyl monomer copolymers and olefin homopolymers. The inven...