ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,182, issued on March 31, was assigned to TOYOBO MC Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Polyphenylene ether melt extrusion formed body and method for producing polyphenylene ether melt extrusion formed body" was invented by Yusuke Kojo (Otsu, Japan), Akifumi Yasui (Otsu, Japan), Yasunori Fukushima (Otsu, Japan), Teruyuki Taninaka (Otsu, Japan) and Kenta Hojo (Otsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a polyphenylene ether melt extrusion formed body which can be obtained by melt forming without mixing other resin components and has excellent properties such as mechanical strength, and a method for ...