ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,552, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Antibacterial polymer" was invented by Byungguk Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sanggon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Seonjung Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji Seok Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Haesung Yun (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyungsam Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antibacterial polymer having a molecular weight above a certain level, which is highly miscible with other polymers compared to a monomolecular type antibacterial agent and can be added during the melt extrusion process. Further the antibacterial polymer has the advanta...