ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,547, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to SAMYANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Polyol composition using glucose-containing saccharide composition, and polyurethane foam including same" was invented by Jun Seop Im (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Hoon Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to: a polyol composition containing a polysaccharide alcohol, a polysaccharide alcohol-derived anhydrosugar alcohol, and an anhydrosugar alcohol polymer; and a polyurethane foam including same. More specifically, the present invention pertains to: a polyol composition containing a) a monoanhydrosugar alco...