US Patent Issued to DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on March 17 for "Process for removal of contaminants from contaminated thermoplastic" (Michigan, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,363, issued on March 17, was assigned to DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Process for removal of contaminants from contaminated thermoplastic" was invented by Craig F. Gorin (Midland, Mich.), David L. Malotky (Midland, Mich.), Daniel L. Dermody (Midland, Mich.), Christopher J. Tucker (Midland, Mich.), Jin Wang (Midland, Mich.), Anurima Singh (Lake Jackson, Texas), Jill M. Martin (Freeport, Texas), Thomas Tomczak (Midland, Mich.) and Hari Katepalli (Midland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for reducing an amount of a contaminant in a thermoplastic polymer comprising shearing a combination comprising a cont...