US Patent Issued to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES on Aug. 25 for "Amide compound" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,948, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Amide compound" was invented by Shun Shibata (Osaka, Japan), Tetsuya Uehara (Osaka, Japan), Daisuke Noguchi (Osaka, Japan), Nozomi Yamaguchi (Osaka, Japan), Shinichi Minami (Osaka, Japan) and Teruyuki Fukuda (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil-resistant agent containing an amide compound including a bio-based material modified with a long-chain hydrocarbon group having 7 to 40 carbon atoms and an amide group. Also disclosed is a fiber product containing the amide compound, and a water dispersion containing the amide compound."

The patent ...