US Patent Issued to Dow Silicones, Dow Global Tecjnologies on May 12 for "Low-shear viscosity reducing additive" (Michigan, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,208, issued on May 12, was assigned to Dow Silicones Corp. (Midland, Mich.) and Dow Global Tecjnologies LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Low-shear viscosity reducing additive" was invented by Dan Zhao (Midland, Mich.), Shane Mangold (Midland, Mich.), Richard Cooper (Schwenksville, Pa.), Dongchan Ahn (Midland, Mich.), Kyle McDonald (Midland, Mich.), Joseph Sootsman (Auburn, Mich.) and Darren Hansen (Auburn, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition contains: (a) a first polyorganosiloxane; (b) 50-80 volume percent, based on composition volume, of conductive fillers; and (c) 0.1 to 2.0 weight-percent, based on composition weight, of a se...