ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,081, issued on May 20, was assigned to JAPAN VAM & POVAL Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Polishing composition" was invented by Takashi Murakami (Osaka, Japan) and Yoshihiro Kimura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a novel polishing composition. The polishing composition comprises a water-soluble polymer at least comprising a vinyl alcohol-based resin having a side-chain group of 3 carbon atoms or more."

The patent was filed on Jan. 22, 2021, under Application No. 17/793,260.

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