ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,382, issued on March 17, was assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).
"Thermoplastic materials for use in slurry transportation pipes" was invented by Dong Wan (Shanghai), Maria Soliman (Selfkant, Germany), Hongtao Shi (Shanghai) and Kai Guo (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a thermoplastic material, wherein the thermoplastic material comprises ethylene-based polymer material, wherein the ethylene-based polymer material has a Vicat softening temperature of less than=50deg C. as determined in accordance with ISO 306 (2013), method A50, and a weight loss as deter...