ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,723, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and GS Caltex Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Polypropylene thermoplastic resin composition and molded article manufactured using the same" was invented by Kyeong Hoon Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Boo Youn An (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Dae Sik Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jin Gi Ahn (Seoul, South Korea), In Soo Han (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Seul Yi (Seoul, South Korea), Hyung Tak Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kwang Il Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are polypropylene thermoplastic resin ...