US Patent Issued to Borealis on Jan. 28 for "Polypropylene composition for exterior automotive applications" (Austrian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,178, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Borealis AG (Vienna).

"Polypropylene composition for exterior automotive applications" was invented by Daniela Mileva (Linz, Austria), Susanne Margarete Kahlen (Linz, Austria), Angelica Maelle Delphine Legras (Linz, Austria), Hermann Braun (Linz, Austria) and Christophe Salles (Courbevoie, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition suitable for automotive application obtainable by blending at least components (A), (B), (C) and (D): (A) 15 wt.-% to 50 wt.-%, preferably 18 to 44 wt.-%, more preferably 20 to 40 wt.-% of a mixed-plastics polypropylene blend; (B) 20 wt.-% to 50 wt.-%, prefe...