ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,390, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ORGANO Corp. (Tokyo).

"Water treatment method and water treatment agent composition" was invented by Shohei Yamamoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a water treatment method with which, in a reverse osmosis membrane treatment conducted on water being treated that contains chlorine-based oxidants and/or bromine-based oxidants, or on water being treated that contains iodide ions, it is possible to suppress any deterioration in a reverse osmosis membrane and to suppress the formation of slime. This water treatment method includes a reverse osmosis membrane treatment, the water tr...