US Patent Issued to Milliken & Co. on March 24 for "Thermoplastic polymer composition and method for making films from the same" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,984, issued on March 24, was assigned to Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.).

"Thermoplastic polymer composition and method for making films from the same" was invented by Darin Dotson (Moore, S.C.), Xiaoyou Xu (Spartanburg, S.C.) and Walter Forrister (Inman, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoplastic polymer composition comprises a polyethylene polymer composition and a salt of bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2,3-dicarboxylic acid. The polyethylene polymer composition can have a Melt Relaxation Index of 2 or greater. A method for molding a thermoplastic polymer composition comprises the steps of (a) providing an apparatus comprising ...