US Patent Issued to Sumitomo Chemical on April 15 for "Liquid crystal polyester resin composition and molded object" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,843, issued on April 15, was assigned to Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Liquid crystal polyester resin composition and molded object" was invented by Takayuki Sugiyama (Tsukuba, Japan) and Tasuku Tamura (Tsukuba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal polyester resin composition includes resin pellets including a first liquid crystal polyester resin and a fibrous filler, a second liquid crystal polyester resin, and a metal salt of higher fatty acid, in which the second liquid crystal polyester resin has a lower flow starting temperature than the resin pellets, flow starting temperatures of the resin pellets and th...