ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,391, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Celanese International Corp. (Irving, Texas).
"Gel extruded articles made from high density polyethylene with narrow molecular weight distribution" was invented by Christian Ohm (Gernsheim, Germany) and Arvind Yadav (Liederbach am Taunus, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polymer composition for producing gel extruded articles is described. The polymer composition contains polyethylene particles combined with a plasticizer. The polyethylene polymer has a narrow molecular weight distribution. Polymer articles made in accordance with the present disclosure have enhanced strength properties...