ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,435, issued on May 27, was assigned to TOSOH Corp. (Shunan, Japan).

"Polyurethane resin-forming composition for membrane-sealing material, and membrane and membrane module using same" was invented by Kouji Yoshida (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a polyurethane resin-forming composition for a membrane-sealing material, the polyurethane resin-forming composition contributing to formation of (1) a urethane resin that is excellent in moldability, has a suppressed elution amount of a low-molecular-weight reaction product, and has excellent appearance or (2) a urethane resin that has a low viscosity, is excelle...