ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,660, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Central Glass Co. Ltd. (Ube, Japan).

"Composition, aerosol composition, cleaning agent, solvent, silicone solvent, foaming agent, heat-transfer medium, fire extinguishing agent, and fumigant containing the composition, heat-transfer device containing the heat-transfer medium, and system containing the heat-transfer device" was invented by Kanako Osafune (Kawagoe, Japan), Masamune Okamoto (Kawagoe, Japan), Kohei Sumida (Kawagoe, Japan) and Naoki Nishinaka (Kawagoe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to provide a hydrofluoroolefin-based or hydrochlorofluoroolefin-based azeotropic o...