ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,534, issued on April 7, was assigned to KAO Corp. (Tokyo).
"Microcapsule" was invented by Yoshito Koga (Wakayama, Japan), Daisuke Yamazaki (Wakayama, Japan), Risa Sawada (Wakayama, Japan) and Keita Fukuzumi (Wakayama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microcapsule, including a shell containing an inorganic substance as a constituent component and a core containing one or more organic compounds inside the shell. The organic compound includes the following component (A): a functional oil agent, and component (B1): one or more selected from the group consisting of a higher aliphatic alcohol having 6 or more carbon atoms, a higher f...