ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,556, issued on March 3, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Modified conjugated diene-based polymer and method for preparing the same" was invented by Hye Jung Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Ho Young Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jung Hwan Oh (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a modified conjugated diene-based polymer having excellent affinity with a filler and a method for preparing the same, and provides a modified conjugated diene-based polymer including: a first chain comprising a repeating unit derived from a conjugated diene-based monomer; and one or more graft c...