US Patent Issued to The LYCRA on June 2 for "Polymers with engineered segment molecular weight" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,000, issued on June 2, was assigned to The LYCRA Co. LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Polymers with engineered segment molecular weight" was invented by Norman J. D'Allura (Waynesboro, Va.), Hong Liu (Waynesboro, Va.), Gregory L. Yoder (Charlottesville, Va.), Nicholas E. Kurland (Staunton, Va.) and Oguzhan Celebi (Waynesboro, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polymer compositions and processes for extended glycols and under-capping glycols for production of polymer compositions with engineered hard and soft segment molecular weights are provided. Also provided are fibers and articles of manufacture such as fabrics and garments produced from ...