ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,601, issued on March 18, was assigned to Taiyuan University of Science and Technoloy (Shanxi, China).

"Preparation method for bio-based nucleating agent for poly(ethylene furandicarboxylate) and application thereof" was invented by Bo Wang (Shanxi, China), Tianjiao Zhao (Shanxi, China), Yubing Hou (Shanxi, China), Fengqiao Ju (Shanxi, China), Yanli Zhang (Shanxi, China), Yuying Zhao (Shanxi, China), Dan Zhou (Shanxi, China), Yapeng Dong (Shanxi, China), Meizhen Wang (Shanxi, China) and Wenju Cui (Shanxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aiming at the problem of slow crystallization rate of poly(ethylene furandicarboxylate) (PEF)...