US Patent Issued to Wacker Chemie on Sept. 30 for "Hydrophilic cyclodextrin-containing silicone gels" (Michigan, Ohio, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,560, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Wacker Chemie AG (Munich).

"Hydrophilic cyclodextrin-containing silicone gels" was invented by Amitabha Mitra (Adrian, Mich.), Sarah Burke (Milan, Mich.), Feng Wang (Albany, N.Y.), Christian Hartman (Dexter, Mich.), Margaret Whitton (Jackson, Mich.) and Chelsea Grimm (Perrysburg, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solvent-swollen crosslinked silicone gels containing covalently bonded cyclodextrin groups are prepared by hydrosilylation. The swollen gels are storage stable, compatible with water and polar solvents, and display a significant water break effect."

The patent was filed on Dec. 29...