US Patent Issued to Dow Global Technologies on Feb. 3 for "Low density polyethylene with improved processability" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,204, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Low density polyethylene with improved processability" was invented by Andrew T. Heitsch (Angleton, Texas), Teresa P. Karjala (Lake Jackson, Texas), Lori L. Kardos (Sugar Land, Texas), Cassie A. Cunningham (Lake Jackson, Texas), Jose Ortega (Lake Jackson, Texas), David T. Gillespie (Pearland, Texas), Venkata Krishna Sai Pappu (Pearland, Texas), John P. O'Brien (Manvel, Texas) and Daniel W. Baugh III (Lake Jackson, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low density polyethylene (LDPE) having a z-average molecular weight Mz (cony) from 425,000 g/mol to...