ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,658, issued on July 8, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Polypropylene resin, polypropylene fiber and method for preparing the same" was invented by Seong Min Chae (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyunsup Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyung Seop Noh (Daejeon, South Korea), Heekwang Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jihwa Ye (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a polypropylene resin exhibiting excellent processability and capable of producing fine fibers, a polypropylene fiber including the same, and a method for preparing the same."

The patent was filed on Dec. 4, 2020, under App...