ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,177, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Ticona LLC (Florence, Ky.).

"High flow fiber-reinforced propylene composition having low emissions" was invented by Jimmy Kanuteh (Offenbach am Main, Germany), Markus Dehe (Lahnstein, Germany), Uta Schoenwald-Otten (Rodenbach, Germany), Juergen Stuermer (Giessen, Germany), Paul Kenny (Holmen, Wis.) and Timothy L. Tibor (Winona, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber-reinforced polymer composition that contains a polymer matrix and a plurality of long reinforcing fibers that are distributed within the polymer matrix is provided. The polymer matrix contains a propylene polymer and constitut...