ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,350, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Celanese International Corp. (Irving, Texas).

"Flame resistant polymer compositon and articles made therefrom" was invented by Qamer Zia (Raunheim, Germany), Dirk Zierer (Hattersheim, Germany), Kirsten Markgraf (Weinheim, Germany) and Young Shin Kim (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Halogen-free, flame resistant polymer compositions are disclosed. The polymer composition contains a thermoplastic polymer, such as polybutylene terephthalate. The thermoplastic polymer is combined with a flame retardant that includes a phosphinate, a phosphite, and a nitrogen-containing synergist. In add...