ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,991, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Particle and method for producing particle" was invented by Kengo Kanazaki (Kanagawa, Japan), Fumio Yamauchi (Kanagawa, Japan), Motokazu Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Norishige Kakegawa (Tokyo), Ryo Natori (Tokyo) and Tetsushi Yamamoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a method for producing a particle that can suppress non-specific adsorption without using BSA. A method for producing a particle, including: a first step of mixing a radically polymerizable monomer, an organic silane compound having a silicon atom to which an alkoxy group is bonded and having ra...