US Patent Issued to WESTLAKE EPOXY on Dec. 2 for "Processes for forming bisphenols, epoxy resin compositions" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,354, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to WESTLAKE EPOXY INC. (Houston).

"Processes for forming bisphenols, epoxy resin compositions" was invented by Mark Kapellen (Barendrecht, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to processes for forming bisphenols and epoxy resin compositions. In an embodiment, a process for making an epoxy resin composition is provided. The process includes reacting a mixture comprising a catalyst, a monophenol, and an aldehyde or ketone, the mixture comprising a stoichiometric excess of the aldehyde or ketone to the monophenol, and forming a reaction produ...