ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,588, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to FAR EASTERN NEW CENTURY Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan).
"Multi-block copolyester ether thermoplastic elastomer foam, preparation method thereof, and sports shoe midsole made from the same" was invented by Fu-Wen Ou (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Ming-Champ Lin (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Jia-Ying Wu (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a multi-block copolyester ether thermoplastic elastomer foam prepared from an aromatic polyester compound and contains a short-chain structure, a long-chain structure and a residual functional group of a chain extender. The short-chain structure has both an aromati...