ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,477, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Refrigerant-containing composition, heat transfer medium, and heat cycle system" was invented by Mitsushi Itano (Osaka, Japan), Hitomi Kuroki (Osaka, Japan) and Kazuhiro Takahashi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a composition comprising a refrigerant (mixed refrigerant) having three types of performance, i.e., a coefficient of performance (COP) and refrigerating capacity (Cap) that are equivalent to or higher than those of R410A, and a sufficiently low GWP. Specifically, the present invention provides a composit...