ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,667, issued on April 21, was assigned to Novomer Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.).

"Process and system for production of polypropiolactone" was invented by Jay J. Farmer (Rochester, N.Y.), Peter Galebach (Rochester, N.Y.), Kyle Sherry (Rochester, N.Y.) and Sadesh H. Sookraj (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are integrated processes for the conversion of ethylene oxide to polypropiolactone. Systems for the production of polypropiolactone are also provided."

The patent was filed on Sept. 28, 2022, under Application No. 17/954,786.

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