ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,578, issued on April 29, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea) and SEYANG POLYMER Co. LTD. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Liquid crystalline resin composition and ball bearing sliding parts manufactured using the same" was invented by Namkeun Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jung Hyun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dohwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Donghoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sanghyun Ji (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dooseub Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ju Ho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jin Kyu Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sang Don Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Sueng Bin Song (Anseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the ...