US Patent Issued to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES on July 15 for "Alternating copolymers of selected unsymmetrically substituted stilbenes and maleic anhydride or N-substituted maleimides" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,008, issued on July 15, was assigned to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES INC. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"Alternating copolymers of selected unsymmetrically substituted stilbenes and maleic anhydride or N-substituted maleimides" was invented by Sam Richard Turner (Blacksburg, Va.), Richard David Gandour (Blacksburg, Va.), Chanelle J. Brown (Blacksburg, Va.), Anna Steele (Blacksburg, Va.) and John B. Matson (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, the disclosure relates to the production of alternating polymers of maleic anhydride or an N-substituted maleimide with a stilbene."

The patent was filed on Sept. 19, 202...