ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,776, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SEKISUI KASEI Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Foamed particles of aromatic polyester resin, production method therefor, molded foam, and member for vehicle" was invented by Yusuke Kuwabara (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide an aromatic polyester-based resin foam molded product having excellent mechanical properties, foamed aromatic polyester-based resin particles for producing the foam molded product, or a method for producing the foamed particles. The present invention relates to foamed aromatic polyester-based resin particles, wherein cryst...