ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,827, issued on March 3, was assigned to EF POLYMER K.K. (Okinawa, Japan).

"Eco-friendly water retention natural polymer and method thereof" was invented by Narayan Lal Gurjar (Okinawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides for a water retention polymer capable of retaining water for long durations and in huge amounts and the method of preparing the same. The polymer is capable of releasing the retained water slowly and as per the requirements of the crop and soil. Thus, the water retention polymer minimizes the water requirement during irrigation and other purposes. Further, the said polymer is eco-frien...