US Patent Issued to National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System on Oct. 20 for "Generator" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,367, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System (Nagoya, Japan).

"Generator" was invented by Masaru Hori (Nagoya, Japan) and Osamu Oda (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A generator includes a plasma production tube made of a dielectric at least on a surface of the plasma production tube; an antenna that includes a linear conductor and a dielectric that coats the conductor; a high-frequency power supply connected to the antenna; and a gas supply unit that supplies a gas for generating radicals or ions to an interior of the plasma production tube. T...