US Patent Issued to KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY on June 30 for "Sulfur copolymer and method for preparing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,664, issued on June 30, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Seoul, South Korea).

"Sulfur copolymer and method for preparing the same" was invented by Miyeon Lee (Wanju-gun, South Korea), Jaesang Yu (Wanju-gun, South Korea) and Nam Ho You (Wanju-gun, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are a sulfur copolymer derived from an elemental sulfur and a thiol monomer and a method for preparing the same. The sulfur copolymer is synthesized by a simple method, and can be widely used in cameras and lenses, or defense materials-related industries, by replacing expensive inorganic materials used in ex...