ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,185, issued on May 12, was assigned to TRINSEO EUROPE GMBH (Pfaeffikon, Switzerland).
"Recycling method for elastomer toughened thermoplastic polymers" was invented by Abidin Balan (Breda, Netherlands), Gilbert Bouquet (Ghent, Belgium), Elroy Eekman (Terneuzen, Netherlands) and Pascal Lakeman (Breda, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Toughened thermoplastic polymers having elastomeric domains in thermoplastic polymer may be recycled by a method comprising dissolving the thermoplastic polymer in a solvent to form a solution, wherein the elastomer is dispersed within the solution as elastomer particulates or droplets, applying ...