US Patent Issued to Rohr on Sept. 29 for "Sulfonation treatment for a thermoplastic part" (California, Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,573, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Sulfonation treatment for a thermoplastic part" was invented by Shyan Bob Shen (San Diego), Daniel O. Ursenbach (El Cajon, Calif.), Michael van Tooren (San Diego), Chris Croshaw (San Diego), Jeffrey D. Woods (Beaumont, Calif.), Keith E. Ritchie (San Diego), Kevin R. Bordage (Westfield, Mass.), Blair A. Smith (South Windsor, Conn.) and Vijay V. Pujar (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for applying a sulfonation treatment to a thermoplastic part includes installing a gas sulfonation assembly on one or more surfaces of the thermoplastic part by f...