ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,470, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Borealis AG (Vienna).

"C 2 C 3 random copolymer" was invented by Jingbo Wang (Linz, Austria), Markus Gahleitner (Linz, Austria), Klaus Bernreitner (Linz, Austria), Pauli Leskinen (Porvoo, Finland) and Cornelia Tranninger (Linz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "New C2C3 random copolymer (RACO), which shows improved sealing behaviour due to low sealing initiation temperature (SIT) and high hot tack force. In addition, the inventive C2C3 random copolymer (RACO) shows an excellent sterilization behaviour, i.e. retention of low haze level after sterilization. The present invention is furthermo...