ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,915, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KANEKA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Resin tube" was invented by Tomoaki Hashiguchi (Settsu, Japan) and Tetsuo Okura (Settsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a resin tube containing a poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin component. The poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resin component includes at least two poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) resins differing in types and/or contents of constituent monomers. A 50% fracture energy of the resin tube, as measured by an impact resistance test, is 0.2 J or more."
The patent was filed on June 28, 2021, under Application No. 18/004,557.
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