ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,336, issued on March 17, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Polyethylene and method for preparing the same" was invented by Hyun Mook Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Hee Su Oh (Daejeon, South Korea), Jiwon Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yi Young Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to polyethylene and a method for preparing the same. More specifically, this invention relates to polyethylene that has low melt index, narrow molecular weight distribution, and a high content of high molecular weight components, and thus, exhibits excellent ESCR and tensile strength, and a metho...