ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,337, issued on March 17, was assigned to Arkema Inc. (King of Prussia, Pa.).

"Method to process fluorinated thermoplastic elastomers" was invented by Adam W. Hauser (King of Prussia, Pa.), Azaz A. Vahora (King of Prussia, Pa.), Mathieu Y. Capelot (King of Prussia, Pa.), Yves Deyrail (Aviron, France) and Francois Bargain (Bernay, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injection molding process to mold a fluorinated thermoplastic elastomeric polymer composition is disclosed. An article made using the process has little shrinkage."

The patent was filed on Oct. 2, 2020, under Application No. 17/764,231.

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