ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,429, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to JAPAN HEMOTECH Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Nonwoven substrate, fibrous material for liquid clarification, production method for said material, and cleaner equipped with said material" was invented by Yuzo Teramoto (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroyuki Akasu (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hisatoshi Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a fiber material for liquid purification, being inexpensive, capable of reducing cleaning, and suppressing the generation of fine particles, and a cleaning device including the same. The present invention relates to a nonwoven fabric base material con...