ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,521, issued on April 29, was assigned to SEKISUI PLASTICS Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Resin composition for production of foam particles, foam particles, foam molded body and composite structure member" was invented by Yusuke Kuwabara (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition that can produce a foam molded body having a beautiful appearance while exhibiting excellent mechanical properties. The above object is achieved by a resin composition for producing foam particles, the resin composition comprising a base resin containing a polycarbonate resin having a glass tra...