ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,224, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to JAPAN COMPOSITE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Unsaturated polyester resin composition, molding material, molded article, and battery pack casing for electric vehicle" was invented by Ikuo Akai (Shizuoka, Japan), Masahiro Hakotani (Shizuoka, Japan) and Takashi Tsukamoto (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unsaturated polyester resin composition includes an unsaturated polyester, a polymerizable monomer, a low shrinkage agent, aluminum hydroxide, and an electrically conductive filler. The unsaturated polyester is a polymerization product of a polybasic acid including a polybasic acid having an ...