ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,030, issued on July 7, was assigned to Evonik Operations GmbH (Essen, Germany).

"Silicone (meth)acrylates, process for their preparation and their use in curable compositions" was invented by Frauke Henning (Essen, Germany), Wilfried Knott (Essen, Germany), Sadik Amajjahe (Duesseldorf, Germany), Hardi Dohler (Essen, Germany), Andrea Lohse (Bottrop, Germany) and Horst Dudzik (Essen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process can be used for preparing silicone (meth)acrylates, according to which at least one acetoxysilicone is reacted with at least one hydroxyfunctional (meth)acrylic acid ester. The corresponding silicone (meth)ac...