ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,029, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Composition containing refrigerant, use of same, refrigerator having same, and method for operating said refrigerator" 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: "Provided is a novel low-GWP mixed refrigerant. A composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising 1,1-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132a) and difluoromethane (R32), wherein HFO-1132a is present in an amount of 26 to 40 mass % based on the total of HFO-1132a and R3...