US Patent Issued to THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA on May 19 for "1,5-pentanediol-based polyester compositions with enhanced crystallization rates and methods of manufacture" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,710, issued on May 19, was assigned to THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA (Norman, Okla.).

"1,5-pentanediol-based polyester compositions with enhanced crystallization rates and methods of manufacture" was invented by Hesham Aboukeila (Norman, Okla.), Brian P. Grady (Norman, Okla.) and John Klier (Norman, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fast crystallizing polymer composition comprising (1) a 1,5-pentanediol-based polyester material comprising at least one aliphatic acid and/or aromatic diacid, and (2) a nucleating agent, such as a poly(ethylene-co-methacrylic acid) ionomer and/or a poly(ethylene-co-acrylic acid) ...