ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,117, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL Corp. (Beijing) and SINOPEC (BEIJING) RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Ethylene copolymer and method for preparation thereof and composition and crosslinked polymer and tire" was invented by Nian Gao (Beijing), Jianjun Chen (Beijing), Hongbo Li (Beijing), Lin Xu (Beijing), Ning Wu (Beijing) and Jianguo Hao (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ethylene copolymer and a method for preparing same, and a composition, crosslinked polymer, and tire containing said ethylene copolymer are provided. The ethylene copolymer contains an ethylene s...