ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,367, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to FERRIC INC. (Tokyo).
"Temperature control agent, and heating composition, packaging material, and warming material each comprising same" was invented by Eiji Miyashita (Tokyo), Shoichi Tsuji (Tokyo), Hirokazu Miyashita (Tokyo) and Masayoshi Ikezawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A means for controlling the temperature of a warming material includes an air-permeable film or the like. The warming material includes the temperature control means and a heating composition. The temperature control means for controlling the heating temperature of the warming material includes one or more alipha...