US Patent Issued to Akzo Nobel Coatings International on March 17 for "Binder polymer obtainable by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising a vinyl monomer and a butenolide monomer" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,428, issued on March 17, was assigned to Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Binder polymer obtainable by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising a vinyl monomer and a butenolide monomer" was invented by Bernard Lucas Feringa (Groningen, Netherlands), Johannes George Hendrik Hermens (Groningen, Netherlands), Keimpe Jan Van Den Berg (Arnhem, Netherlands) and Rogier Van Gemert (Arnhem, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a binder polymer obtainable by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising a vinyl monomer M1 and a butenolide monomer M2, wherein the vinyl monomer M1 is a vinyl e...