US Patent Issued to Zephyros on Oct. 27 for "Esterified acids for use in polymeric materials" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,366, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Zephyros Inc. (Romeo, Mich.).

"Esterified acids for use in polymeric materials" was invented by Michael Czaplicki (Romeo, Mich.) and Kevin Hicks (Romeo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present teachings contemplate a method that includes a step of providing a first amount of esterified reaction product of an acid and an epoxy-based material. The esterified reaction product may be further reacted an epoxy resin to form a polymeric epoxy. The resulting material may have a generally linear backbone, foaming and curing capability and flame retardant properties."

The patent was filed on Ma...