US Patent Issued to NIPPON SHOKUBAI on Sept. 15 for "Poly(meth)acrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin, and absorbent body" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,502, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to NIPPON SHOKUBAI Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Poly(meth)acrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin, and absorbent body" was invented by Sachie Kitabata (Hyogo, Japan), Satoshi Matsumoto (Hyogo, Japan), Kanako Tsuru (Hyogo, Japan) and Kunihiko Ishizaki (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object lies in providing a novel water-absorbing resin and a novel absorbent body both of which enable provision of an absorbent article that prevents swelling of a water-absorbing portion when used in a thin absorbent article. The object is achieved by providing a water-absorbing resin that is a ...