ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,180, issued on March 31, was assigned to EXXONMOBIL PRODUCT SOLUTIONS COMPANY (Spring, Texas).
"Olefinic compositions comprising hydrocarbon resins" was invented by Brian Edgecombe (Anaheim, Calif.) and Ashley Zuzek (Pasadena, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to compositions comprising at least one cyclic olefin monomer, optionally at least one linear olefin monomer, at least one thermoplastic hydrocarbon resin, and at least one olefin metathesis catalyst. The invention also relates to articles of manufacture made from the compositions of the invention, and methods of making the articles. The invention als...