ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,704, issued on April 21, was assigned to KURARAY Co. LTD. (Okayama, Japan).
"Molded article for plumbing and method" was invented by Nobuhiro Oya (Tsukuba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a molded article for water related application which can prevent molecular cleavage of polyamide caused by a radical generated from a chlorine-based oxidizing substance contained for sterilization in tap water, thereby preventing a degradation in the performance of the molded article. The molded article for water related application comprises a resin composition comprising; 100 parts by mass of a semi-aromatic polyamide (A); ...