ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,736, issued on July 1, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Modified conjugated diene-based polymer, method for preparing the same and rubber composition including the same" was invented by Hye Jung Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), You Seok Seo (Daejeon, South Korea), He Seung Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Youk Reol Na (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyun Jun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Ro Mi Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyoung Hwan Oh (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jae Sun Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modified conjugated diene-based polymer, a method of making the same, and a rubber composition including th...