ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,324, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to JNC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Organopolysiloxane and production method therefor, dispersant comprising organopolysiloxane, and dispersion containing organopolysiloxane as dispersant" was invented by Shugo Tanaka (Chiba, Japan) and Yoshihiro Deyama (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispersant is capable of giving excellent filler dispersibility in a liquid medium. The dispersant is an organopolysiloxane represented by formula (1) or (2), wherein R1 is a C1-12 saturated hydrocarbon group, X is a group represented by formula (3), acryloyl, alkyl, carboxyl, vinyl, methacryl, an aromatic group,...