ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,055, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF FUSION ENERGY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Method for water-repellent treatment of boron nitride powder and water-repellent-treated boron nitride" was invented by Yong Ho Jung (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Seung Ryul Yoo (Seo-gu Daejeon, South Korea) and Dong Chan Seok (Gunsan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for water-repellent coating treatment of a boron nitride powders and water-repellent treated boron nitride are disclosed. The method includes producing a water-repellent coating layer on the surface of the boron nitride powders by plasma treatment using...