ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,759, issued on June 3, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.).
"Bimodal linear low density polyethylene copolymer" was invented by Swapnil B. Chandak (Pearland, Texas), Nitin K. Borse (Pearland, Texas), Roger L. Kuhlman (Lake Jackson, Texas) and John F. Szul (Hurricane, W.va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are bimodal linear low density polyethylene copolymers (B-LLDPE copolymers) that have a combination of improved properties comprising at least one processability characteristic similar or better than that of an unblended monomodal ZN-LLDPE and a dart impact property similar or better than that of an un...