ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,856, issued on March 18, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Complex minute cutting apparatus for super absorbent polymer hydrogel" was invented by Jinuk Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Heechang Woo (Daejeon, South Korea), Gicheul Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yoon Jae Min (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A complex minute cutting apparatus for a superabsorbent hydrogel is disclosed. The complex minute cutting apparatus includes: a barrel body in which a transfer space through which a hydrogel is transferred is formed and a discharge part is formed at a side surface thereof; a transfer unit installed...