US Patent Issued to Multibase on June 17 for "Artificial turf yarn with improved processibility and friction management" (Spanish, Belgian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,469, issued on June 17, was assigned to Multibase Inc. (Copley, Ohio).

"Artificial turf yarn with improved processibility and friction management" was invented by Eduardo Alvarez (Tarragona, Spain), David Lopez (Tarragona, Spain), Cosme Llop (Tarragona, Spain), Thibault Kervyn De Meerendre (Seneffe, Belgium) and Celine Chevallier (Annecy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an artificial turf filament formed from a formulation comprising an ethylene-based polymer having a density 0.900 g/c to 0.955 g/cc and a melt index (12) of 0.1 g/10 min to 20 g/10 min as measured according t...