ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,388, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TOYOBO MC Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Flame retardant polyester resin composition and molded article comprising same" was invented by Satoru Horiguchi (Otsu, Japan) and Yoshitaka Ayuzawa (Otsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a flame retardant polyester resin composition that contains 3 to 74% by mass of a polybutylene terephthalate resin (A), 3 to 60% by mass of a polyethylene terephthalate resin (B1), 3 to 50% by mass of a copolyester resin (B2), 10 to 50% by mass of a halogen-free flame retardant (C), and 10 to 40% by mass of a glass fiber (D), wherein the copolyes...