ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,769, issued on June 3, was assigned to Techno-UMG Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Raft polymerization reaction solution and raft polymerization reaction solution production method" was invented by Takashi Iwanaga (Tokyo) and Yoshitaka Naito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "What is provided is a RAFT polymerization reaction solution containing a RAFT agent represented by a specific chemical formula, water, and a water-soluble inorganic base, in which the RAFT polymerization reaction solution may further contain a polymerization initiator as an optional component, the RAFT agent has an acid group, the acid group forms a salt, and a molar ratio ...