US Patent Issued on June 2 for "Diazirine-based molecules and uses thereof" (Canadian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,863, issued on June 2.

"Diazirine-based molecules and uses thereof" was invented by Jeremy E Wulff (Victoria, Canada), Peter G Berrang (Sidney, Canada), Mathieu L Lepage (L'Huisserie, France) and Chakravarthi Simhadri (Victoria, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A family of novel diazirine-based molecules as well as methods of manufacture and uses thereof are disclosed. These compounds allow non-functionalized polymers, such as polyolefins, to crosslink via C-H insertion. Such a C-H insertion process is useful, for example, for forming protective topical coatings on low surface energy films, for the covalent adhesive bonding of su...