US Patent Issued to Asahi Kasei on Oct. 28 for "Polyethylene powder and molded article" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,609, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Asahi Kasei K.K. (Tokyo).

"Polyethylene powder and molded article" was invented by Kenya Tanaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a polyethylene powder having a density of 910 kg/m3 or more and less than 935 kg/m3 and an average particle diameter of 50 micro metre or more and less than 140 micro metre, wherein the polyethylene powder contains a particle having a particle diameter of 60 micro metre and a particle having a particle diameter of 100 micro metre, the compressive strength at 10% displacement of the particle having a particle diameter of 60 micro metre is 2.0 MPa or mo...