US Patent Issued to KURARAY on Aug. 26 for "Adsorbent, heavy metal removing agent, molded body using same, and water purifier" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,281, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to KURARAY Co. LTD. (Kurashiki, Japan).

"Adsorbent, heavy metal removing agent, molded body using same, and water purifier" was invented by Shuji Kawasaki (Okayama, Japan), Shuji Matsunaga (Tokyo), Tetsuya Hanamoto (Okayama, Japan) and Hiroe Yoshinobu (Okayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present invention relates to an adsorbent which contains a fine particle compound containing an aluminosilicate compound and activated carbon particles, wherein the fine particle compound containing an aluminosilicate compound has a specific surface area of 300 m2/g or more and an av...