US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on July 21 for "Curable compositions, articles therefrom, and methods of making and using same" (Chinese, American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,766, issued on July 21, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Curable compositions, articles therefrom, and methods of making and using same" was invented by Lingjie Tong (Shanghai), Yuan Zhao (Shanghai), Li Yao (Woodbury, Minn.), Shuang Wu (Shanghai), Xiaohai Sheng (Shanghai), Xinxin Sun (Shanghai), Ahmad Shaaban (Cologne, Germany) and Menghuang Feng (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A curable composition includes a first part comprising an epoxy resin; and a second part comprising a multifunctional, functional thiol containing compound. The curable composition further includes an inorganic fi...