ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,603, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Exxon Mobil Corp. (Spring, Texas).

"High density polyethylene compositions with exceptional physical properties" was invented by Robert M. Canright (Huffman, Texas) and Nino Ruocco (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are polyethylene compositions with unimodal molecular weight distribution exhibiting an excellent balance of physical properties. The polyethylene compositions may have density of 0.935 to 0.975 g/cm3 and Melt Index (I2.16) of 0.1 to 1 g/10 min. Polyethylene compositions of certain embodiments may exhibit environmental stress crack resistance (ESCR, 10% Igepal, ...