US Patent Issued to Dow Global Technologies on Sept. 8 for "Preparation of polyolefin-polyacrylate block copolymers additives for increasing surface energy of polyethylene" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,262, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Preparation of polyolefin-polyacrylate block copolymers additives for increasing surface energy of polyethylene" was invented by Tao Wang (Shanghai), Hongyu Chen (Shanghai), Zachary Kean (Midland, Mich.) and Todd Senecal (Midland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure includes a polymer blend comprising. The polymer blend includes at least 60% by weight olefin-based polymer, and a diblock copolymer comprising an non-polar block and a polar block, wherein the diblock copolymer has a number average molecular weight number (Mn) less tha...