ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,561, issued on July 29, was assigned to LCY CHEMICAL CORP. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"Thermoplastic vulcanizate material, article formed by the same and method for forming the same" was invented by Wan-Ting Tsai (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Chun-Jui Hsu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Ren-Hao Liu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Yu-Cheng Hsiao (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Han-Liou Yi (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoplastic vulcanizate material comprises: a continuous phase comprising polyester, wherein a melting point of the polyester is less than or equal to 180deg C., a dispersant phase comprising cross-linked rubber, wherein an average particle ...