US Patent Issued to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA on Oct. 27 for "Methods for converting PVC to elastomers" (Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,351, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

"Methods for converting PVC to elastomers" was invented by Jason Edward Bara (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), Ali A. Alshaikh (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) and Paul A. Rupar (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods for upcycling polyvinyl chloride (PVC) that involve the dissolving of PVC in an organic solvent; and contacting the PVC with a base, thereby providing a partially dehydrochlorinated PVC. Polymers made by the disclosed, and articles therefore, are also disclosed."

The patent was filed on Nov. 14, 2023, under...