US Patent Issued to PRODOTTI GIANNI on Feb. 3 for "Method for the production of metal oxide pigment composite of controlled agglomerating properties and respective product" (Italian, Hungarian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,246, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to PRODOTTI GIANNI S.R.L. (Milan).

"Method for the production of metal oxide pigment composite of controlled agglomerating properties and respective product" was invented by Giancarlo Cravotto (Turin, Italy), Jicsinszky Laszlo (Budapest, Hungary) and Elena Foglia (Caravaggio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for preparing a composite containing submicron sized particles of metal oxide pigment and a natural-based organic compound is disclosed. The process includes a step of grinding a metal oxide pigment and a oligomeric and/or polymeric carbohydrate together by means of a ball mill, to...