ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,399, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KANSAI COKE AND CHEMICALS Co. LTD. (Hyogo, Japan) and MC EVOLVE TECHNOLOGIES Corp. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Activated carbon for adsorbing molecular polar substance" was invented by Takaki Tsukazaki (Amagasaki, Japan), Kojiro Tenno (Amagasaki, Japan), Yoji Ichiraku (Amagasaki, Japan) and Hiroyuki Ito (Kakogawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention aims to provide an activated carbon for adsorbing a molecular polar substance with excellent adsorption property to a molecular polar substance and regeneratability. The present invention provides an activated carbon for adsorbing a molecu...