ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,466, issued on July 29, was assigned to Nissui Corp. (Tokyo).

"Method of purification and purified products" was invented by Kiyomi Furihata (Tokyo) and Masashi Katayama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the specification, a method for purifying a compound by column chromatography, and a method for optimizing the symmetry factor and theoretical plate number by allowing the slurry to settle and reducing the sedimentation volume of the slurry. A compound purified by such method is also provided."

The patent was filed on Dec. 3, 2024, under Application No. 18/967,050.

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