Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Methods Of Making Catechol Styrene Co-Polymer' Filed by Mussel Polymers, Inc.

MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517079501 A) filed by Mussel Polymers, Inc., Bethlehem, U.S.A., on Aug. 21, for 'methods of making catechol styrene co-polymer.'

Inventor(s) include Tenuto, Robert J; Crane, Chester; and Stieg, Jason.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Poly(catechol-styrene) (PCS) is a new material that has a variety of industrial and biomedical uses. For example, PCS acts as an adhesive that functions in wet or underwater environments and accordingly may be useful for biomedical applications. The disclosure provides a method of forming a poly(catechol-styrene) polymer. The method comprises the steps of polymerizing 3,4-diacetoxystyrene and styrene in an emulsion polymerization to form a poly(3,4-diacetoxystyrene-co-styrene) polymer. This polymer has the acetate groups deprotected from the alcohols resulting to form poly(catechol-styrene) polymer. The poly(catechol-styrene) polymer has improved strength at higher molecular weight."

The patent application was internationally filed on Jan. 24, 2024, under International application No.PCT/US2024/012759.

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