ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,800, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SYNTHOMER SDN. BHD. (Kluang, Malaysia).

"Method for repairing or recycling an elastomeric film" was invented by Zhenli Wei (Kluang, Malaysia) and Yi-Fan Goh (Kluang, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to methods for reprocessing elastomeric films or articles comprising an elastomer film wherein the elastomeric film is made from a polymer latex comprising: (a) particles of a carboxylated conjugated diene nitrile latex polymer (a) obtainable by free-radical emulsion polymerization of a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising conjugated dienes; mon...