US Patent Issued to Itochu Fashion System, ITOCHU on Dec. 23 for "Microplastic discharge amount assessment method, and product assessment display method using same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,359, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Itochu Fashion System Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and ITOCHU Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Microplastic discharge amount assessment method, and product assessment display method using same" was invented by Kensuke Kodachi (Tokyo) and Kentaro Morishita (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a microplastic discharge amount assessment method with which it is possible to objectively quantitatively assess the discharged amount of microplastic discharged from a textile product containing a synthetic resin. The microplastic discharge amount assessment method is characterized by including: a cleaning s...