ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,207, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SEKISUI CHEMICAL Co. LTD (Osaka, Japan).

"Carbon material composition" was invented by Ryou Sakamoto (Yamaguchi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a carbon material composition excellent in the dispersibility of a fibrous carbon material and capable of reducing electrode resistance. Provided is a carbon material composition containing: a fibrous carbon material; a water-based solvent; and a polyvinyl acetal resin, the polyvinyl acetal resin having an acetal group content of 40.0 mol % or less and a blockiness of hydrophobic groups measured by NMR of 0.35 or great...