US Patent Issued to Dow Silicones, Dow Global Technologies, Rohm and Haas on July 28 for "Silicone-(meth)acrylate copolymer and methods for its preparation and use in personal care compositions" (Pennsylvania, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,054, issued on July 28, was assigned to Dow Silicones Corp. (Midland, Mich.), Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.) and Rohm and Haas Co. (Collegeville, Pa.).

"Silicone-(meth)acrylate copolymer and methods for its preparation and use in personal care compositions" was invented by Tian Lan (Langhorne, Pa.), Ligeng Yin (Collegeville, Pa.), Lu Bai (Novi, Mich.), Fanwen Zeng (Audubon, Pa.), Jennifer Koenig (Lansdale, Pa.), Rosalind Toth (King of Prussia, Pa.), Meng Jing (Collegeville, Pa.), Michaeleen L. Pacholski (Collegeville, Pa.) and Nanguo Liu (Midland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A silicone-(meth) acrylate copolymer...