ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,916, issued on July 7, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Method for nitrilation reaction of acrylic acid ester" was invented by Jong Geun Sung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sung Wan Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Da Bin Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jeong Woo Han (Pohang-si, South Korea), Myeong Gon Jang (Pohang-si, South Korea), Byoung Joon Park (Pohang-si, South Korea) and Yun Kyung Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for nitrilation reaction of acrylic acid ester u...