US Patent Issued to SOLVAY SPECIALTY OPERATIONS USA on July 15 for "Thermoplastic polymer composition" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,041, issued on July 15, was assigned to SOLVAY SPECIALTY OPERATIONS USA LLC (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Thermoplastic polymer composition" was invented by Chinomso Nwosu (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Vijay Gopalakrishnan (Dunwoody, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention pertains to a polymer composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer, a glass fiber, and a hollow glass bead, wherein the ratio of the concentration of the hollow glass bead to the total concentration of the glass fiber and the hollow glass bead ranges from 0.2 to 0.49."

The patent was filed on Sept. 25, 2020, under Application No. 17/761,632.

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