ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,134, issued on May 12, was assigned to INEOS EUROPE AG (Vaud, Switzerland).
"Polymer composition for caps and closures" was invented by Pascale Godon (Ittre, Belgium) and Luc Marie Ghislain Dheur (Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polyethylene composition has a density of 949-955 kg/m 3 and a melt index MI2 between 15 and 40 g/10 min, and comprises a low molecular weight fraction (A) and a high molecular weight fraction (B), wherein the amount of (A) is 52-58 wt % based on the weight of (A)+(B), and the melt index MI2 of (A) is 200-600 g/10 min. Injection moulded articles, preferably caps or closures, made f...