US Patent Issued to Formosa Plastics, U.S.A. on Oct. 7 for "High ductility, high modulus and phthalate free impact resistant propylene copolymer" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,168, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (Livingston, N.J.).

"High ductility, high modulus and phthalate free impact resistant propylene copolymer" was invented by Gapgoung Kong (Sugarland, Texas), Chih-Jian Chen (Port Lavaca, Texas), Min-Chi Hsieh (Port Lavaca, Texas), Lei Zhang (Port Lavaca, Texas) and Cyrus C. Y. Lee (Victoria, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides phthalate free impact resistant polypropylene copolymer and methods of preparation, which are produced directly from the polymerization reactor system without further compounding of components which signifi...