ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,860, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Thermal-conductive silicone composition" was invented by Keita Kitazawa (Annaka, Japan), Wataru Toya (Annaka, Japan), Ayako Yamaguchi (Toyota, Japan), Koji Nakanishi (Kounan, Japan), Ryo Miyazaki (Toyota, Japan) and Masataka Deguchi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal-conductive silicone composition containing (A) 0.5 to 2.5 mass % of a crosslinked silicone gel containing (a) an organopolysiloxane having at least two aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon groups per molecule, and having a kinematic viscosity at 25deg C. of 10,000,000 mm2/s or...