ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,698, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Enpulse Co. Ltd. (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

"Recycled polishing pad and preparation method thereof" was invented by Jungnam Lee (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Seungsik Yoon (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Jaechul Chang (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Jaejung Byun (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Yongsoo Choi (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Yujin Shin (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Jongwoo Kim (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea) and Sunghyung Oh (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to embodiments of the present invention, there are provided a re...