US Patent Issued to LG Chem on Oct. 7 for "Super absorbent polymer and method for preparing same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,191, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Super absorbent polymer and method for preparing same" was invented by Junwye Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Chang Hun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Kwangin Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Chang Hun Han (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang Gi Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a super absorbent polymer having a high water content and a method for preparing the same. The super absorbent polymer according to the present disclosure has a relatively high water content compared to a conventional one but has no degradation i...