ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,987, issued on March 24, was assigned to FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY (Fukuoka, Japan) and RDG Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Surface modifying composition, modified product, and method of producing modified product" was invented by Shigeru Yao (Fukuoka, Japan), Sho Hirai (Fukuoka, Japan), Hideaki Obuchi (Fukuoka, Japan), Ryoko Nakano (Fukuoka, Japan) and Shoichi Ishimoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface modifying composition for modifying a surface of a formed product made of high-density polyethylene or ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, the composition comprising: a copolymer having a unit of a first monomer having an aliphatic g...