US Patent Issued to NOVA Chemicals (International) on July 8 for "Use of recycled polyethylene in closures for bottles" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,704, issued on July 8, was assigned to NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Use of recycled polyethylene in closures for bottles" was invented by XiaoChuan Wang (Calgary, Canada), Brant Wunderlich (Calgary, Canada), Derek Wasylenko (Calgary, Canada), Tony Tikuisis (Calgary, Canada) and Gilbert Arnould (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polyethylene blends made from recycled polyethylene and a bimodal polyethylene composition are disclosed. The polyethylene blends are suitable for compression molding or injection molding applications and are particularly useful in the manufacture of caps and closur...