ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,547, issued on March 3, was assigned to KURARAY Co. LTD. (Okayama, Japan).

"Dispersant for suspension polymerization, method for producing dispersant for suspension polymerization, and method for producing vinyl polymer particles" was invented by Shinsuke Nii (Kurashiki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided by the present invention are a dispersant for suspension polymerization which enables production of vinyl polymer particles having a small particle diameter at a small added amount, a method for producing such a dispersant for suspension polymerization, and a method for producing vinyl polymer particles by using such a di...