ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,245, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to MITSUI CHEMICALS INC. (Tokyo) and DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Water repellent composition, method for producing water repellent composition, and fiber product" was invented by Chikako Kouda (Sodegaura, Japan), Kazuyuki Fukuda (Ichihara, Japan), Keisuke Nakamura (Osaka, Japan), Daisuke Noguchi (Osaka, Japan), Masahiro Miyahara (Osaka, Japan), Rumi Kawabe (Osaka, Japan) and Shinichi Minami (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water repellent composition includes a polyurethane resin compound, a non-fluorine water repellent compound, a surfactant, and a liquid medium. The polyu...