US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA, LG CHEM on May 27 for "Thermoplastic resin composition having improved blackness and scratch resistance, and molded article comprising the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,463, issued on May 27, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Thermoplastic resin composition having improved blackness and scratch resistance, and molded article comprising the same" was invented by Min Jin Choi (Bucheon-si, South Korea), Choon Ho Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jin Sol Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Myeung Il Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoplastic resin composition contains a styrene-methyl methacrylate-butyl acrylate copolymer and thus exhibits improved blackness and scratch resistance, an...