ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,343, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to AGC INC. (Tokyo).

"Method for producing iodine-containing compound, and iodine-containing compound" was invented by Shun Watanuki (Chiyoda-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing an iodine-containing compound includes reacting a halogen-containing organic iodine compound and a compound containing a reactive carbon-carbon double bond in the presence of a compound of Formula (21) or Formula (22). Each of R21, R23 and R24 represents a hydrogen atom, an iodine atom, or an organic group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R22 represents a hydrogen atom, an iodine atom, an organic...