ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,215, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ENEOS MATERIALS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Flame-resistant resin composition, method for manufacturing same, and hydrogenated petroleum resin" was invented by Hiroshi Kawasaki (Tokyo), Shotaro Uchizawa (Tokyo) and Ichigen Watanabe (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flame retardant resin composition comprising: a hydrogenated petroleum resin, being a hydrogenated product of a polymer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of an alicyclic compound having a five-membered ring and an aromatic hydrocarbon compound; a polyolefin; and an inorganic fi...