US Patent Issued to SYENSQO SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY on July 14 for "Method for manufacturing fluoroelastomers" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,906, issued on July 14, was assigned to SYENSQO SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.p.A. (Bollate, Italy).

"Method for manufacturing fluoroelastomers" was invented by Daniela Bertani (Milan), Matteo Fantoni (Vanzaghello, Italy) and Mirko Tavano (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing fluoroelastomers having iodinated/brominated chain ends, notably vinylidene fluoride (VDF)-based fluoroelastomers, in emulsion polymerization whereas no addition of fluorosurfactants or hydrogenated surfactants is required, and to a fluoroelastomers which can be obtained from said method."

The patent was ...