US Patent Issued to THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC on Dec. 30 for "Nucleating agents for PIR foams" (Pennsylvania, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,566, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Nucleating agents for PIR foams" was invented by Ernest Byron Wysong (Chadds Ford, Pa.), Harrison K. Musyimi (Bear, Del.) and James M. Tocyloski (Newark, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides foams having improved insulation and thermal performance and processes of forming said foams. Exemplary foams described herein are prepared according to a process comprising reacting a foamable composition comprising a blowing agent and one or more nucleating agents, under conditions effective to form the foam."

The patent was...