ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,694, issued on July 8, was assigned to TSRC Corp. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"Thermoplastic elastomer composition, foamed material and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Wen Wei Cheng (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Hsi-Hsin Shih (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Chia-Hung Hsu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Yu Tsan Tseng (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a thermoplastic elastomer composition for foaming. The thermoplastic elastomer composition comprises: (A) an ethylene-based copolymer; (B) an olefin block copolymer; (C) an unsaturated aliphatic rubber; and (D) a crosslinking agent. The olefin block copolymer is d...