ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,645, issued on June 23, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Refrigeration cycle apparatus, refrigerating machine oil and refrigerant leakage prevention agent" was invented by Taketo Katou (Osaka, Japan), Akinari Sugiyama (Osaka, Japan), Takamune Okui (Osaka, Japan) and Sadayasu Inagaki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigeration cycle apparatus, refrigerating machine oil and refrigerant leakage prevention agent. The refrigeration cycle apparatus contains a working fluid which contains a refrigerant composition including a refrigerant and a refrigerating machine oil including resin particles of whi...