ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,979, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER Ltd. (Dublin).

"Self-healing polymers" was invented by Jayram Shivajirao Desai (Kolhapur, India) and Shireesh Pankaj (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are self-healing polymers comprising a base polymer and at least one healing agent disposed in the base polymer under pressure."

The patent was filed on Feb. 15, 2024, under Application No. 18/443,220.

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