ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,238, issued on May 27, was assigned to Super Nano Design Co. Ltd. (Miyagi, Japan).

"Organically modified boron nitride particle, and method for continuously producing same" was invented by Tadafumi Ajiri (Miyagi, Japan) and Takio Noguchi (Sendai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The problem to be solved is to provide a boron nitride particle stably and efficiently with a high organic modification ratio.To solve the problem, the continuous production method according to the present invention comprises contacting step for continuously supplying a boron nitride with pretreatment and an organic modifier to continuously contact them w...