ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,788, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Thermoplastic compositions comprising recycled polymers and articles manufactured therefrom" was invented by Paul J. Brigandi (Wayne, Pa.), Mohamed Esseghir (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Kumar N. Sanketh (Pearland, Texas), Chuan C. He (Dunbar, W.va.), Mridula Kapur (Lake Jackson, Texas), Andrew T. Heitsch (Angleton, Texas) and John F. Szul (Hurricane, W.va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, a thermoplastic composition may comprise from 0.5 wt. % to 75.0 wt. % of recycled polyethylene comprising a blend of polyethylene recovered from p...