ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,555, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TOSOH Corp. (Shunan, Japan).

"Resin composition and molded article obtained using this resin composition" was invented by Daisuke Kugimoto (Yokkaichi, Japan), Daisuke Kawato (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Shingo Kouda (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention has an object to provide: a resin composition excellent in impact resistance, flexibility, and recyclability obtained as a result of blending a specific ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer composition with a brittle resin, a recycled resin, or a composite resin including two or more kinds of different resins mixed therein; and...