US Patent Issued to NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, KOWA on Dec. 2 for "Bag worm nest material" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,559, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (Tsukuba, Japan) and KOWA COMPANY LTD. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Bag worm nest material" was invented by Ryoko Ichiki (Tsukuba, Japan), Taiyo Yoshioka (Tsukuba, Japan), Tsunenori Kameda (Tsukuba, Japan), Takayuki Matsuda (Tsukuba, Japan) and Akimune Asanuma (Tsukuba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nest material useful in bagworm rearing is provided which can be stably supplied, is hygienic, and has high efficiency for nest building. A bagworm nest material including a bark having a specific shape and size in accordance with the stage of growth o...