US Patent Issued to Mitsubishi Chemical America on Aug. 4 for "Hydrophobic polymer compositions and a method to prepare hydrophobic polymer compositions" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,352, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Hydrophobic polymer compositions and a method to prepare hydrophobic polymer compositions" was invented by Zhichen Zhu (Pearland, Texas) and Akihiro Kosoku (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Free-flowing beads of hydrophobic polymers having high chemical and optical purity are provided. The hydrophobic polymers are homopolymers or copolymers of monomers having a water solubility of less than 0.01 g/100 g H2O. A method to prepare the hydrophobic polymer beads without use of surfactants or micelle forming agents is also provided."

The paten...