US Patent Issued to FASHION CHEMICALS on July 28 for "Coupled Esters of polylactic acid and coupled esters of polyglycolic acid and compositions thereof" (North Carolina, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,651, issued on July 28, was assigned to FASHION CHEMICALS GMBH & Co. KG (Geretsreid, Germany).

"Coupled Esters of polylactic acid and coupled esters of polyglycolic acid and compositions thereof" was invented by Jeffrey T. Langley (Gastonia, N.C.), Kay M. McCoy (Fort Mill, S.C.), Paul C. Meredith (Huntersville, N.C.) and Philip F. Sims (Waxhaw, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Esters of polylactic acid, including polyethylene glycol esters of polylactic acid, that are coupled with an acid are disclosed. Exemplary coupled esters of polylactic acid can be used as textile finishes. Methods of making the coupled esters of polylactic a...