US Patent Issued to Phillips 66 on Jan. 20 for "Ester-substituted polymers for organic photovoltaics" (Oklahoma, North Carolina, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,908, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Phillips 66 Co. (Houston).

"Ester-substituted polymers for organic photovoltaics" was invented by Laura Nielsen (Bartlesville, Okla.), Reed Eisenhart (Bartlesville, Okla.), Victoria Suding (Bartlesville, Okla.), Alyssa Brooke Chinen-Mendez (Wexford, Pa.), Brian J. Worfolk (Raleigh, N.C.), Zach L. Cramer (Bartlesville, Okla.) and Hualong Pan (Bartlesville, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polymer comprisingIn this polymer, R, R', and R" are independently selected from the group consisting of: H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, ester, ketone and aryl groups. Additionally, in this polym...