ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,846, issued on June 9, was assigned to NOVACEL Co. LTD. (Tokyo) and Polyplastics Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Self-extinguishing resin molded body" was invented by Hiroshi Katayama (Tokyo), Fumitake Utsumi (Tokyo), Takuhiro Koketsu (Tokyo) and Kota Fujiwara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Self-extinguishing resin molded body obtained from a resin composition containing a polyolefin resin, a phosphorus-based flame retardant, and a glass fiber. The self-extinguishing resin molded body contains from 15 to 30 mass % of the phosphorus-based flame retardant and from 5 to 50 mass % of the glass fiber, and satisfies the following: a thickness of ...