ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,574, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and GS Caltex Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Thermoplastic elastomer resin composition with improved fluidity and molded article produced therefrom" was invented by Kyeong Hoon Jang (Seoul, South Korea), In Soo Han (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jae Hyun An (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Byung Wook Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Woo Ram Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seok Jin Yong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a thermoplastic elastomer resin composition, and a molded article produced therefro...