ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,660, issued on June 30, was assigned to RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"High strength biodegradable co-polyester resin containing cyclic aliphatic monomer and preparing method of the same" was invented by Jin Hwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Soo Jung Kang (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Jae Min Jeong (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a co-polyester resin of a composition including dicarboxylic acid, wherein the composition includes C2-5 aliphatic diol and isosorbide in an amount of 70 mol to 97.5 mol and 2.5 mol to 30 mol, respectively...