ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,772, issued on July 21, was assigned to ADMATECHS Co. LTD. (Aichi, Japan).

"Modified metal oxide particle material and method for producing same" was invented by Kenta Takei (Miyoshi, Japan), Yuri Aoki (Miyoshi, Japan), Yusuke Watanabe (Miyoshi, Japan) and Nobutaka Tomita (Miyoshi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modified metal oxide particle material includes: a metal oxide particle material having, on a surface thereof, a functional group other than a phenyl group; and a modifying material formed of a silicon-containing compound having a phenyl group. The modifying material is adhered to the surface of the metal oxide partic...