ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,358, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Niterra Materials Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Tungsten oxide powder and method for producing tungsten oxide powder" was invented by Daisuke Fukushi (Yokohama, Japan), Hideaki Hirabayashi (Yokohama, Japan), Akito Sasaki (Yokohama, Japan), Ryosuke Hiramatsu (Yokohama, Japan), Atsuya Sasaki (Yokohama, Japan), Takaki Morooka (Narita, Japan) and Yoichiro Mori (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a tungsten oxide powder is provided. The tungsten oxide has an average particle size along a major axis of 10 micro metre or less, an average aspect ratio of 10 or le...