US Patent Issued to LG CHEM on Aug. 4 for "Poly(lactic acid-b-3-hydroxypropionic acid) block copolymer having excellent tensile strength and products containing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,389, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Poly(lactic acid-b-3-hydroxypropionic acid) block copolymer having excellent tensile strength and products containing the same" was invented by Jung Yun Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Yeonju Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Solyi Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Suhyun Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Donggyun Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Chul Woong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Eungwon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jung Hyun Jo (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a poly(lactic acid-b-3-hydroxypropionic acid) block copolymer, in which various physic...