ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,772, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).
"Flame retardant polyamide" was invented by Oliver Steffen Henze (Lemfoerde, Germany), Birte Nitz (Lemfoerde, Germany) and Tanja Lange (Lemfoerde, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition contains at least a copolyamide (PA-1) as a component (I), produced by polymerization of at least one lactam and of a monomer mixture (M) which contains at least a C32-C40 dimer acid and at least a C4-C12 diamine; and a flame retardant (F1) as a component (II). The flame retardant (F1) is selected from melamine cyanurates, magnesium hydroxide, and phosphoru...