US Patent Issued to Dai Nippon Printing on March 25 for "Deodorizing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,252, issued on March 25, was assigned to Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Deodorizing method" was invented by Atsushi Hayakawa (Tokyo), Tsubasa Tokimoto (Tokyo), Ryuichi Tamagawa (Tokyo) and Syuta Ito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deodorizing method includes a first rinsing step of supplying first rinse water for a first circulation system to a first circulation system (25a) including at least a heat sterilizer (3) that heats a drink, a chemical circulation step of supplying and circulating a chemical for a first circulation system in the first circulation system (25a), and a second rinsing step of supplying second r...