ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,811, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PROMERUS LLC (Akron, Ohio).
"Dual catalyst system for mass romp and cationic polymerizable compositions" was invented by Guodong Deng (Akron, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass compositions comprising an organoruthenium compound, a photoacid generator, a photosensitizer, one or more epoxy group containing olefinic monomers. The compositions of this invention may additionally contain one or more olefinic monomers. The compositions undergo simultaneous ring open metathesis polymerization (ROMP) and cationic polymerization when exposed ...