US Patent Issued to Borealis on March 4 for "Polypropylene composition with improved processability and impact strength" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,969, issued on March 4, was assigned to Borealis AG (Vienna).

"Polypropylene composition with improved processability and impact strength" was invented by Jingbo Wang (Linz, Austria), Markus Gahleitner (Linz, Austria), Klaus Bernreitner (Linz, Austria) and Pauli Leskinen (Linz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to heterophasic polypropylene compositions comprising a propylene homo- or copolymer forming a crystalline fraction as a matrix and an amorphous propylene ethylene elastomer as a soluble fraction dispersed in said matrix. The heterophasic polypropylene compositions further comprise an elastom...