ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,109, issued on May 20, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Composition containing refrigerant, use of same, freezer having same, and method for operating said freezer" was invented by Mitsushi Itano (Osaka, Japan), Shun Ohkubo (Osaka, Japan), Daisuke Karube (Osaka, Japan) and Satoshi Tokuno (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to provide a novel low-GWP mixed refrigerant. Provided as a means for a solution is a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)) and difluoromethane (R32), wherein HFO-1132(E) is present in an amount of 25 to...