ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,252, issued on May 12, was assigned to BEAD ORIGIN INC. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Aqueous dispersion comprising inorganic particles" was invented by Taesung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Donggeon Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Junho Yun (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jae-Do Nam (Seoul, South Korea) and Na Yeon Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Inorganic particles comprised in an aqueous dispersion according to the present invention consist of agglomerates of crystalline and amorphous microparticles, and exhibit spherical and smooth surfaces. The spherical appearance, low crystallinity, and narrow particle size distr...