ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,723, issued on July 14, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Air filter medium, filter pack, air filter unit, and method for producing the same" was invented by Yoshiyuki Shibuya (Osaka, Japan), Kunihiko Inui (Osaka, Japan), Seigo Yamamoto (Osaka, Japan), Hideyuki Kiyotani (Osaka, Japan) and Toshihiro Kanda (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air filter medium having a large thickness and a low filling factor, a filter pack, an air filter unit, and methods for producing the air filter medium, the filter pack, and the air filter unit are provided. The air filter medium includes a fluororesin porous film ...