ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,949, issued on July 8, was assigned to TAKEMOTO YUSHI K.K. (Gamagori, Japan).

"Synthetic fiber treatment agent and synthetic fiber" was invented by Jun Ito (Gamagori, Japan), Keiichiro Oshima (Gamagori, Japan) and Takeshi Nishigawa (Gamagori, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A synthetic fiber treatment agent and synthetic fibers including the synthetic fiber treatment agent, wherein the synthetic fiber treatment agent contains a silicone and a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether in which an alkylene oxide with 2 to 4 carbon atoms is added at a ratio of 1 to 30 moles in total to 1 mole of a monohydric aliphatic alcohol having a hydroxy gro...