US Patent Issued to OSAKA UNIVERSITY, YUSHIRO CHEMICAL INDUSTRY on May 6 for "Polymer material and method for producing same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,607, issued on May 6, was assigned to OSAKA UNIVERSITY (Osaka, Japan) and YUSHIRO CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Polymer material and method for producing same" was invented by Akira Harada (Suita, Japan), Hiroyasu Yamaguchi (Suita, Japan), Yoshinori Takashima (Suita, Japan), Motofumi Osaki (Suita, Japan), Yasumasa Ohashi (Koza-gun, Japan), Hiroaki Takahashi (Koza-gun, Japan) and Hidenori Shirakawa (Koza-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a macromolecular material that has self-healing properties, excellent stretchability, and a high degree of freedom in the design of stretchability, strength, and hardness, a...