ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,293, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to M. TECHNIQUE Co. LTD. (Izumi, Japan).

"Disperser and method for using same" was invented by Masakazu Enomura (Izumi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disperser includes an outer member having a tapered inner circumferential surface, an inner member having a tapered outer circumferential surface that faces the tapered inner circumferential surface, and a clearance adjustment part that allows a clearance distance between the tapered inner circumferential surface and the tapered outer circumferential surface to be adjusted by moving the outer member and the inner member relative to each ot...