ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,210, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Ushio Denki K.K. (Tokyo).

"Fluorine resin surface modification method, surface-modified fluorine resin production method, joining method, material having surface-modified fluorine resin, and joined body" was invented by Akihiro Shimamoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a fluorine resin surface modification method wherein an object to be processed and a processing device and the like are not readily damaged, wherefrom the risk of harmfully impacting a human body is small, and which can be carried out with simple equipment. The fluorine resin surface modification method including ...