ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,348, issued on March 17, was assigned to NAN YA PLASTICS Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Plasticizer and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Te-Chao Liao (Taipei, Taiwan), Jung-Jen Chuang (Taipei, Taiwan), Chung-Yu Chen (Taipei, Taiwan) and Jung-Tsu Wu (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plasticizer and a method for manufacturing the plasticizer are provided. The method includes steps as follow. A dicarboxylic acid, a diol, and a catalyst are mixed to form a reactant mixture. The reactant mixture is reacted at a temperature ranging from 130deg C. to 220deg C. to form a semi-product. An endcapping alcohol into th...