ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,122, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ADEKA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Nucleating agent, synthetic-resin composition containing same, and molded object thereof" was invented by Satoshi Fukui (Tokyo) and Naoto Ueda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are: a novel nucleating agent capable of imparting excellent transparency to synthetic resins; a synthetic resin composition containing the same; and a molded object of the synthetic resin composition. The nucleating agent contains at least one triazine compound represented by Formula (1), wherein Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 each independently represent an unsubstituted phenyl group or a substituted...