US Patent Issued to Universiteit Gent on July 7 for "Epoxy-derived covalent adaptable networks and methods of their production" (Belgian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,020, issued on July 7, was assigned to Universiteit Gent (Ghent, Belgium).

"Epoxy-derived covalent adaptable networks and methods of their production" was invented by Yann Spiesschaert (Wondelgem, Belgium), Christian Michael Taplan (Buhl, Germany), Johan Winne (Melle, Belgium) and Filip du Prez (Ghent, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a composition comprising an epoxy-derived covalent adaptable network, preferably an epoxy vitrimer comprising at least one unit of formula (I)The invention further relates to a method for preparing a composition comprising an epoxy-derived covalent adaptable network by cont...