ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,425, issued on July 28, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Use of a composition as refrigerant in compressor, compressor, and refrigeration cycle apparatus" was invented by Yuuko Itou (Osaka, Japan), Tomoyuki Goto (Osaka, Japan), Takashi Yoshimura (Osaka, Japan) and Takashi Usui (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Damages to a refrigerant circuit of a refrigeration cycle apparatus due to a disproportionation reaction are suppressed. The use of a composition as a refrigerant in a compressor is use of, as a refrigerant, a composition containing one or two or more compounds selected from a group consisting ...