US Patent Issued to LANKEM on Sept. 29 for "Dispersions" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,394, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to LANKEM LTD. (Dukinfield, Great Britain).

"Dispersions" was invented by Sean Graham Hodgkinson (Dukinfield, Great Britain) and John Adamson (Dukinfield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispersion comprising a solid particulate component such as a pigment, a dispersing agent and one or more solvents is disclosed. The dispersing agent comprises a reaction product of (a) an epoxidised carboxylic acid ester; (b) a compound including at least one reactive alcohol and/or amino functional group; and (c) a derivatising agent. Such a dispersion shows excellent long-term stability. A meth...