US Patent Issued to NISSAN CHEMICAL on Feb. 18 for "Water-absorbing hydrogel and method for producing the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,623, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to NISSAN CHEMICAL Corp. (Tokyo).

"Water-absorbing hydrogel and method for producing the same" was invented by Yoshihiro Kudo (Funabashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogel that exhibits excellent water absorbency even when dried, and has flexibility, shape stability, and shape retention properties, and a method for producing the hydrogel. A hydrogel comprising a water-soluble organic polymer, a silicate, a dispersant for the silicate, and a water-absorbing polymer. A method for producing a hydrogel including a formation step of forming a hydrogel comprising a water-soluble organic po...