ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,024, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ADVANCED POLYOLEFIN TECHNOLOGIES LLC (State College, Pa.).

"Polyolefin polymer incorporating hindered phenol and manufacture thereof" was invented by Tim Hsu (State College, Pa.), Minren Lin (State College, Pa.) and Tze-Chiang Chung (State College, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polyolefins incorporating hindered phenol groups covalently bound thereto are disclosed. The hindered phenols are covalently bound to the polyolefin through a residue of an alkenyl compound having a carboxylic acid and/or anhydride on the polyolefin. Such polyolefins can be prepared by reacting the following component...