ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,012, issued on March 24, was assigned to DIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Inorganic filler dispersion stabilizer, inorganic filler-containing resin composition, molded article, and additive" was invented by Junko Yamamoto (Ichihara, Japan), Hiroshi Yoshimura (Ichihara, Japan) and Yusuke Tajiri (Ichihara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide an inorganic filler dispersion stabilizer capable of reducing the viscosity of a composition containing an inorganic filler and improving the storage stability of the composition containing an inorganic filler. An inorganic filler dispersion stabilizer which is a polyester having carboxyl groups at...