ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,578, issued on May 20, was assigned to HOYU Co. LTD. (Aichi, Japan).

"Molded body" was invented by Hinako Tsuji (Aichi, Japan) and Yuki Ito (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a molded body having excellent stability of a percarbonate. In order to solve the above-described problem, there is provided a molded body that includes (A) a substance having a water absorbency of less than 106 in terms of a weight change rate, (B) a substance having a water absorbency of 106 or more in terms of a weight change rate, and (C) a percarbonate. According to the present invention, it is poss...