ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,502, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Bundle-type carbon nanotubes and method for preparing the same" was invented by Sung Jin Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Keun Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Hyun Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyun Joon Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Byung Yul Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Duk Ki Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyun Woo Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyo Sang You (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a bundle-type carbon nanotube which has a bulk density of 25 to 45 kg/m3, a ratio of the bulk density to a production y...