ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,893, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).

"Gas separation membrane, gas separation membrane module, and production method for gas separation membrane" was invented by So Kakiyama (Otsu, Japan) and Takaaki Mihara (Otsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas separation membrane includes a composite membrane, the composite membrane including: a gas separation functional layer; and a compound having a composition different from a compound constituting the gas separation functional layer, wherein the presence ratio of the gas separation functional layer at at least one surface of the gas separation membra...