ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,641, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NIPPON STEEL Corp. (Tokyo) and NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasonic treatment apparatus and fine bubble supply method" was invented by Eri Hoshiba (Tokyo) and Hiromitsu Date (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To realize excellent durability of an apparatus, realize a dissolved gas amount suitable for propagation of ultrasonic waves, and stably generate fine bubbles that further comply with a treatment using ultrasonic waves. An ultrasonic treatment apparatus according to the present invention includes: a treatment part capable of accommodating a treatment liquid and an obje...