US Patent Issued to Avient on Feb. 17 for "Thermoplastic polyurethane compounds exhibiting enhanced stain resistance" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,929, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Avient Corp. (Avon Lake, Ohio).

"Thermoplastic polyurethane compounds exhibiting enhanced stain resistance" was invented by Jiren Gu (Crystal Lake, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Thermoplastic articles are molded from thermoplastic polyurethane compounds including blends of aromatic polycaprolactone thermoplastic polyurethane and other aromatic thermoplastic polyurethane selected from aromatic polyester thermoplastic polyurethane, aromatic polyether thermoplastic, and combinations thereof. The thermoplastic articles exhibit enhanced stain resistance, as represented by achieving a rating of...