SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. GRANTED PATENT FOR POLYMER COMPOSITION MOLDED ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE MOLDED ARTICLE

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. produces a wide-ranging buyer and industrial electronic tools like semiconductors, individual computers, peripherals, monitors, televisions, and home applications such as A/C and microwaves. The Company also manufactures Internet access networks and telecommunications devices mainly comprising of mobile phones.

In India, the business of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. focuses on the Semiconductor light-emitting device package and method for manufacturing the same, Electronic device and method of providing information in an electronic device, Method and apparatus for interworking between electronic devices, Motor driving device, and an air conditioner including same and a control method therefor.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. filed a patent application numbered 201717042245 that is titled as POLYMER COMPOSITION MOLDED ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE MOLDED ARTICLE. The patent has been filed in the field of Polymer Technology. This Patent Application has been granted as Patent Number 347570.

This invention covers an eco-friendly fire-retardant polymer composition, a molded article made from the composition, and a method of manufacturing the molded article. The mixture comprises a thermoplastic resin made up of polycarbonates, a bio-resin including polytrimethylene terephthalate obtained from a biomaterial, and an impact modifier with a core-shell elastomer.

During the patent examination, the patent examiner raised objections under Section 3(e) of the Indian Patents Act that the subject matter of the claims is non-patentable as they are directed to a mere admixture resulting only in the aggregation of the properties of the components because of the cited documents.

As a response, the Applicant submitted that the effects on each component of the compositions of the present invention are described in specification paragraphs. By referring to the inventive examples and comparative examples, the synergistic effect is that injection molding the polymer composition according to the invention can be made into molded articles having suitable physical properties as interior materials or exterior materials of electronic products.

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