ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,682, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to KURARAY Co. LTD. (Kurashiki, Japan).
"Composite aggregate particles, adsorbent using same, molded body 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 aspect of the present invention relates to composite aggregate particles, which include a fine particle compound (a1) containing at least either an amorphous titanosilicate compound or an aluminosilicate compound, and a plastic powder (a2). The plastic powder (a2) is attached to at least a part of t...