ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,131, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Expanded polymer pellets" was invented by Paul Leonard Michael Smith (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Jan Hill (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Angus Wardlaw (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Daniel Stephen Price (Herzogenaurach, Viet Nam) and James Tarrier (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention refers to a method for producing expanded polymer pellets, which comprises the following steps: melting a polymer comprising a polyamide; adding at least one blowing agent; expanding the melt through at least one die for producing an expanded polymer; an...