Ford would license anything that met the following criteria:
1) applied for the license
2) met any/all performance attributes for the engineering spec
3) met any/all chemical attributes for the engineering spec
4) met any/all construct attributes for the engineering spec
5) agreed to any legal mumbo-jumbo in the license agreement regarding labeling, marketing, delivery, fiscal exchange, etc
To the best of my understanding, the Motorcraft Mercon V is a semi-syn fluid.
To the best of my understanding, no conventional base stock would pass the combination of specs for Mercon V licensing.
To the best of my understanding, there is no requirement that any product be identical to the Motorcraft offering; they could be "better" or "worse", but as long as they passed the license criteria, they would be approved.
To the best of my understanding, the way something is "made" might refer to either:
a) the method in which it's produced (example: both tables have legs that were "made" on the same lathe)
b) the inference of the final state of a product (example: both tables have legs "made" from oak)
and therefore I cannot comment on what you seek; you're question is too vague.
In this thread, you seek info regarding the Coastal Mercon V; it's likely a semi-syn. We have no idea how much of that product is what portion of which base stock. (Is it 10% syn, 30% syn, 50% syn of the total volume?) We have no idea. But the same can be said of the Motorcraft branded Mercon V also. We also know that other products may be "upgraded" versions because they claim to be fully "synthetic" (but don't explain if that's group III or IV, or a "blend" of III and IV, etc). There is a large list of licensed Mercon V products; they have met all the criteria and are officially approved by Ford.
There are also non-licensed products that would also work extremely well in Mercon V applications, but for a variety of individual reasons, the entities that market those products choose not to submit their products for license validation. While some folks love to speculate as to why, we know nothing other that what we see at face value. Products from Amsoil, RL, RP, and now even some products from Valvoline and Mobil, are taking the approach that they can offers excellent products but still have some savings from not buying the license. That does not void the warranty that they offer, it only shifts the burden of proof unto the user and the producer, rather than the OEM, should there be the remote and unlikely lube-related failure.
Past that, I'm not really sure what more I can tell you that would satiate your desire.
