ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,540, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Citrate-based plasticizer composition and resin composition comprising the same" was invented by Hyun Kyu Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jeong Ju Moon (Daejeon, South Korea), Joo Ho Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Seok Ho Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Woo Hyuk Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a plasticizer composition including a lower alkyl-based citrate and a higher alkyl-based citrate simultaneously as citrates, wherein effects are achieved through controlling the ratio of hybrid and nonhybrid types, ...