ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,870, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KANTO DENKA KOGYO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"ZrO2 dispersion liquid" was invented by Yuki Goto (Shibukawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ZrO2 dispersion liquid containing, a ZrO2 particle coated with a silane coupling agent, and a dispersion medium for the ZrO2 particle, wherein a BET specific surface area of the ZrO2 particle coated with the silane coupling agent obtained by removing the dispersion medium is 36% or more of a BET specific surface area of the ZrO2 particle before coating with the silane coupling agent."

The patent was filed on Dec. 14, 2022, under Application No. 18/718,897. ...