ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. D1,079,931, issued on June 17, was assigned to NIPPON ELECTRODE Co. LTD. (Shizuoka Pref., Japan).

"Heat-resistant tube for vertical heat treatment equipment" was invented by Hironaga Suzuki (Shizuoka Pref., Japan), Yuichi Kaba (Shizuoka Pref., Japan), Shinjiro Toda (Shizuoka Pref., Japan), Takayuki Yatsu (Shizuoka Pref., Japan), Satoshi Mitamura (Shizuoka Pref., Japan), Fusataka Isobe (Shizuoka Pref., Japan) and Masayoshi Sakurai (Shizuoka Pref., Japan).

The patent was filed on Nov. 22, 2023, under Application No. D/917,966.

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