US Patent Issued to Westlake Longview on March 4 for "Candle filter support and plate assembly for polymer melts" (Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,925, issued on March 4, was assigned to Westlake Longview Corp. (Houston).

"Candle filter support and plate assembly for polymer melts" was invented by Kenneth Wayne Moser (Longview, Texas), Andrew Colin Lewis (Hallsville, Texas), Bert Eugene Allen (Longview, Texas), Stephen Wayne Coe (Longview, Texas), Douglas James Landry (Sulphur, La.) and Wayne Scott Strasser (Kingsport, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polymer melt candle filter having a support which comprises a hollow cylindrical body defined by a first end, a second end, and a cylinder wall having a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion inclu...