US Patent Issued to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur forderung der angewandten Forschung on Oct. 20 for "Method of stabilizing halogen-free thermoplastic recyclates, plastics composition, stabilizer composition and use of the stabilizer composition" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,790, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Method of stabilizing halogen-free thermoplastic recyclates, plastics composition, stabilizer composition and use of the stabilizer composition" was invented by Rudolf Pfaendner (Rimbach, Germany) and Elke Metzsch-Zillingen (Steffeln, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of stabilizing halogen-free thermoplastic recyclates against oxidative, thermal and/or actinic degradation. The invention also relates to a correspondingly stabilized plastics composition, a stabilizer composition...