US Patent Issued to Asahi Kasei on March 17 for "Resin composition, method for producing modified hydrogenated block copolymer, and molded article" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,390, issued on March 17, was assigned to Asahi Kasei K.K. (Tokyo).

"Resin composition, method for producing modified hydrogenated block copolymer, and molded article" was invented by Yuta Matsuoka (Tokyo) and Takashi Sukegawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a resin composition, containing: a component (I) of a modified block copolymer (I) that has a polymer block (A) mainly comprising a vinyl aromatic compound unit, and a polymer block (B) mainly comprising a conjugated diene compound unit, and has 0.01% by mass or more of a polar group; and a component (II) of a resin (II) having a polar group (...