ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,081, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Evonik Operations GmbH (Essen, Germany).

"Curable condensation compounds based on alkoxy-functional polysiloxanes" was invented by Berend-Jan de Gans (Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany), Wilfried Knott (Essen, Germany), Horst Dudzik (Essen, Germany), Markus Hallack (Schermbeck, Germany), Florian Dullmann (Hagen, Germany) and Philippe Favresse (Ratingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Curable condensation compounds are obtainable by a reaction of non-end-equilibrated acetoxy group-bearing siloxanes with at least one alkoxy-functional polysiloxane, in the presence of a catalyst."

The patent wa...