ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,951, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to JFE MINERAL COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Halloysite powder" was invented by Hidefumi Konnai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Halloysite powder is disclosed. The halloysite powder includes a granule in which halloysite including halloysite nanotubes and titanium oxide are aggregated. The granule includes a first pore derived from a tube hole of the halloysite nanotubes, and a second pore different from the first pore. The halloysite powder may have a differential pore distribution determined from a nitrogen adsorption isotherm by BJH method exhibiting two or more pore size peaks."
The patent was f...