US Patent Issued to LG Chem on Oct. 6 for "Super absorbent polymer and preparation method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,254, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Super absorbent polymer and preparation method thereof" was invented by Soonhee Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Seonjung Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyungsam Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Leehyeon Baek (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji Seok Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Haesung Yun (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A super absorbent polymer capable of exhibiting improved bacterial growth-inhibitory property without lowering absorption performance, and a preparation method of the same. The super absorbent polymer is formed of an acrylic acid-based mono...