US Patent Issued to University of Houston System on June 24 for "Fluorinated polymerization catalysts and methods of making and using the same" (Ohio, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,312, issued on June 24, was assigned to University of Houston System (Houston).

"Fluorinated polymerization catalysts and methods of making and using the same" was invented by Eva Harth (Houston) and Huong Dau (Batavia, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are polymers comprising a terminus having a structure according to formula (1):wherein R is a fluorinated alkane, alkene or alkyne, a fluorinated aromatic, a fluorinated cycloalkane or cylcoalkene, a fluorinated heteroaromatic, or a fluorinated heterocyclic."

The patent was filed on March 25, 2024, under Application No. 18/615,257.

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