US Patent Issued to Borealis on July 7 for "Upgraded polyethylene for jacketing" (Austrian, Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,047, issued on July 7, was assigned to Borealis AG (Vienna).

"Upgraded polyethylene for jacketing" was invented by Yi Liu (Linz, Austria), Susanne Kahlen (Linz, Austria), Hermann Braun (Linz, Austria), Elisabeth Ribarits (Stenungsund, Sweden) and Christian Goetzloff (Linz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mixed-plastic-polyethylene composition having a melt flow rate (ISO 1133, 2.16 kg, 190deg C.) of from 0.2 to 0.7 g/10 min; and a density of from 956 to 965 kg/m3, preferably from 958 to 964 kg/m3."

The patent was filed on May 17, 2021, under Application No. 17/997,962.

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