ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,448, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to KOLON INDUSTRIES INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cut resistant polyethylene yarn, method for manufacturing the same, and protective article produced using the same" was invented by Young-Soo Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sang-Mok Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Seong-Young Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sin-Ho Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Min-Woo Nam (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene yarn that enables the production of protective article capable of providing excellent wearability while having high cut resistance, a method for manufacturing the same, ...