ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,881, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Lipolysis device, lipolysis method, and electric power generation method" was invented by Hiroyuki Harano (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Hideyuki Kumita (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yuji Kintaka (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Fumiko Mori (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Nobuhiko Tanaka (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lipolysis device that includes: a base material having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a glycerol introduction portion on the first surface of the base material, the glycerol introduction portion having a protrus...