US Patent Issued to NIPPON SHOKUBAI on June 24 for "Water-absorbing resin and manufacturing method for same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,295, issued on June 24, was assigned to NIPPON SHOKUBAI Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Water-absorbing resin and manufacturing method for same" was invented by Kimiaki Nishimura (Himeji, Japan), Nobuya Tanaka (Himeji, Japan), Tomoya Arai (Himeji, Japan), Kazuki Kimura (Himeji, Japan), Kazushi Horie (Himeji, Japan) and Kenji Tada (Himeji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is an object to provide a water-absorbing resin that while maintaining water-absorbing resin physical properties such as water absorption performance, has a sufficiently reduced odor produced during swelling. The object is attained by causing the water-absorbing res...