ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,674, issued on April 14, was assigned to DIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Alumina particles, resin composition, molded body, and method for producing alumina particles" was invented by Yusuke Kano (Chiba, Japan), Hironobu Oki (Chiba, Japan) and Jianjun Yuan (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are alumina particles containing molybdenum and with their shape controlled. The alumina particles contain phosphorus and molybdenum. The alumina particles are preferably plate-like or card house-like. The phosphorus is preferably unevenly distributed in surface layers of the alumina particles. Also provided are a resin composition contain...