ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,013, issued on March 24, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Polycarbonate compound composition and method for preparing the same" was invented by Youngwook Son (Daejeon, South Korea), Dayoung Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyong Min Bahn (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polycarbonate compound composition and a method of preparing the same are provided. The polycarbonate compound composition comprises a polycarbonate including a repeating unit represented by Formula 1, and a polymer including a repeating unit represented by the following Formula 2, and has improved surface hardness while maintai...