ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,225, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).

"Polymer composition and expanded polypropylene beads made from the polymer composition" was invented by Ting Huang (Geleen, Netherlands), Chaodong Jiang (Geleen, Netherlands), Christelle Marie Helene Grein (Geleen, Netherlands), Martin Antonius Van Es (Geleen, Netherlands), Mark Leo Hendrik Theunissen (Geleen, Netherlands), Johan Maria Krist (Geleen, Netherlands), Liang Wen (Geleen, Netherlands) and Yijie Chen (Geleen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a polymer composition comprising (85-100 ...