ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,625, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Method of manufacturing processed body provided with water-repellent surface, and processed body provided with water-repellent surface" was invented by Ilona Racz (Budapest, Hungary), Botond Marosfoi (Budapest, Hungary), Csenge Vamos (Budapest, Hungary), Yukako Nakai (Tokyo) and Yu Mimura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a processed body having a hydrophobic and water-repellent surface, and a processed body having a hydrophobic and water-repellent surface. The method includes: a step of contacting a member made of a crystalline...