ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,346, issued on April 22, was assigned to CKD Corp. (Aichi, Japan), Shimadzu Corp. (Kyoto, Japan) and Shinwa Chemical Industries Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Micromixer" was invented by Shinichi Nitta (Aichi, Japan), Hiroshi Itafuji (Aichi, Japan), Mitsuyoshi Ohsaki (Aichi, Japan), Masahide Gunji (Kyoto, Japan), Hiroshi Kobayashi (Kyoto, Japan) and Katsuya Okumura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micromixer includes: a first channel plate where a first channel and a plurality of first branch channels are each formed by a non-through groove in a front surface, and a first confluence channel is formed by a non-through groove in a rear su...