ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,116, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to DAIKIN AMERICA INC. (Orangeburg, N.Y.) and DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electric wire, method for producing electric wire, and masterbatch" was invented by Wade Martin Simpson (Orangeburg, N.Y.), Kazuki Sakami (Osaka, Japan), Shinji Murakami (Osaka, Japan) and Kazuya Kawahara (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an electric wire having excellent smoothness, appearance, and storage stability. The electric wire includes a core wire and a coating layer covering the core wire. The coating layer contains a fluorine-free resin and a fluorine-containi...