ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,028, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Composition containing refrigerant, use thereof, refrigerator having same, and operation method for said refrigerator" was invented by Mitsushi Itano (Osaka, Japan), Kazuhiro Takahashi (Osaka, Japan) and Hitomi Kuroki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a mixed refrigerant having four types of performance, i.e., an excellent coefficient of performance and refrigerating capacity that allow it to serve as an alternative refrigerant for R410A, a sufficiently low GWP, and non-flammability. Specifically, the present dis...