US Patent Issued to NOVA CHEMICALS (INTERNATIONAL) on Jan. 27 for "Polyethylene homopolymer compositions with balanced properties" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,602, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NOVA CHEMICALS (INTERNATIONAL) S.A. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Polyethylene homopolymer compositions with balanced properties" was invented by Patrick Lam (Calgary, Canada), Monika Kleczek (Calgary, Canada) and Eric Vignola (Airdrie, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polyethylene homopolymer composition having a weight average molecular weight Mw, of from 75,000 to 95,000; an Mz of from 200,000 to 325,000; a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of from 6 to 12 and a melt index, I2 of from 1.5 to 2.8 grams per 10 minutes can be used to prepare films having a good balance of optical propertie...