ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,695, issued on May 19, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Resin composition comprising two types of particles for acoustic member, ultrasound transducer, ultrasound probe, and ultrasound diagnostic apparatus" was invented by Munenori Kawaji (Tokyo), Yoshikazu Ojima (Tokyo) and Kiyokazu Morita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a resin composition used for producing an acoustic member, the resin composition comprising: a thermosetting resin; and two or more types of particles dispersed in the thermosetting resin, the two or more types of particles comprising: heavy particles that have a high...