ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,659, issued on July 28, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Oil-resistant agent and oil-resistant composition" was invented by Michio Matsuda (Osaka, Japan), Hirotoshi Sakashita (Osaka, Japan), Nozomi Yamaguchi (Osaka, Japan), Tetsuya Uehara (Osaka, Japan), Daisuke Noguchi (Osaka, Japan) and Shun Shibata (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil-resistant agent and an oil-resistant composition, which are capable of imparting excellent oil-resistance to paper. The oil-resistant composition contains a polysaccharide (1) and an oil-resistant polymer (2). The polysaccharide (1) is preferably starch. The oil-...