US Patent Issued to LG Chem on July 22 for "Polyethylene and chlorinated polyethylene thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,748, issued on July 22, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Polyethylene and chlorinated polyethylene thereof" was invented by Hyo Min Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Bog Ki Hong (Daejeon, South Korea), Si Jung Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Sunghyun Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Naeun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene, which is reacted with chlorine to prepare a chlorinated polyethylene having improved tensile strength and excellent processability during extrusion by optimizing a low molecular region in a molecular structure, and a CPE compound includ...