ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,040, issued on July 21, was assigned to NIPPON FIBER Corp. (Abiko-City, Japan).
"Flake-like composition and flake-like composition production method" was invented by Hiroshi Fukazawa (Abiko-City, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a flake-like composition that enables effective use of the waste discharged from a coal-fueled thermal power plant; and a method for producing said flake-like composition. This flake-like composition is characterized by containing, as a raw material, waste discharged from a coal-fueled thermal power plant."
The patent was filed on Feb. 18, 2025, under A...