ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,634, issued on June 23, was assigned to ENPULSE Co. LTD. (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

"Polishing pad, pyrolysis oil obtained therefrom, and process for preparing the same" was invented by Chang Gyu Im (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jangwon Seo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiment relates to a polishing pad that comprises a polishing layer. When pyrolysis oil obtained from the polishing pad is analyzed according to the KS M 2457 standard, the content of chlorine components is 13,000 mg/kg or more. The pyrolysis oil can be used as a high-quality heat source through a refining process. Accordingly...