ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,987, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CHANG CHUN PETROCHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Ethylene vinyl ester based copolymer saponified pellets and film containing the same" was invented by Chih Chieh Liang (Taipei, Taiwan) and Shih Yuan Su (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The instant disclosure relates to saponified pellets of an ethylene-vinyl ester based copolymer as well as a film and a multilayer structure formed therefrom. The saponified pellets of an ethylene-vinyl ester based copolymer has an ethylene content of 24-35 mole %, and the pellets have a turbidity of less than 300 NTU when dissolved in a 60% (w/w...