ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,072, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for preparing super absorbent polymer" was invented by Sung Soo Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Heechang Woo (Daejeon, South Korea) and Gicheul Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a super absorbent polymer. More specifically, it relates to a method for preparing a super absorbent polymer capable of improving drying efficiency, reducing a generation amount of re-fines, and simultaneously improving absorption performance, in particular, absorption under pressure and permeability o...