US Patent Issued to University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees on Jan. 20 for "Polymeric compositions and corrosion resistant systems" (Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,941, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees (Kingston, R.I.).

"Polymeric compositions and corrosion resistant systems" was invented by Sumeru Nayak (Kingston, R.I.) and Sumanta Das (Kingston, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition and method of synthesizing a composition from organic oils and industrial byproducts for use as a corrosion inhibitor coating is disclosed. The synthesis of a rapid setting ionomer is the result of iron-induced polymerization of oleic and linoleic acids, where an alkaline ionomeric reaction is facilitated with a small fraction of pure aluminum leaf at room...