ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,687, issued on July 8, was assigned to Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China).

"Thiocarbonyl-based poly(O-thiocarbamate) compound and preparation method and use thereof" was invented by Jie Zhang (Hangzhou, China) and Jingzhi Sun (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a new thiocarbonyl-based poly(O-thiocarbamate) compound with a structure represented by Formula I below, which has a sulfur element introduced, and has good solubility and high molecular weight."

The patent was filed on April 12, 2021, under Application No. 17/625,218.

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