ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,875, issued on April 21, was assigned to Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc. (Chiyoda-ku, Japan) and The University of Tokyo (Tokyo).

"Method for producing polymeric molded product comprising pretreatment by heating" was invented by Akira Maehara (Niigata, Japan), Tadahisa Iwata (Tokyo), Taku Omura (Tokyo) and Taizo Kabe (Sayo-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a polymeric molded product, which enables expansion of a temperature range that can be used for partial melting. The method for producing a polymeric molded product, comprises subjecting a crystalline...