ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,582, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KCC Silicone Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Silicone emulsion and method for producing same" was invented by Hyun Ju Yu (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Ji Hye Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Ji Yoon Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a silicone emulsion comprising a silicone resin mixture and a nonionic surfactant, wherein the silicone resin mixture and the nonionic surfactant are included in a weight ratio of 1:0.1 to 1:0.4; and a method for producing same."

The patent was filed on Dec. 5, 2019, under Application No. 17/434,623.

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