ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,711, issued on April 21, was assigned to NISSAN CHEMICAL Corp. (Tokyo).

"Conductive stannic oxide particle-containing organic solvent-dispersed sol and method of production thereof" was invented by Masaki Kimata (Funabashi, Japan), Yuki Watanabe (Funabashi, Japan) and Masato Yamaguchi (Funabashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modified metal oxide particle sol, when applied as a coating onto a substrate, is capable of having transparency, a high particle refractive index and good coat resistivity. The modified metal oxide particle sol is composed of modified metal oxide particles (iii) in which stannic oxide particles (i) ha...