ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,675, issued on June 10, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Dehydration method for fluorine-based hydrocarbon compound" was invented by Yuusuke Etou (Osaka, Japan) and Shingo Nakamura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for dehydrating a composition containing a fluorine-based hydrocarbon compound, such as HFC-134a. The dehydration method includes the step of bringing a composition containing a fluorine-based hydrocarbon compound into contact with a zeolite."

The patent was filed on May 25, 2022, under Application No. 17/824,463.

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