ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,824, issued on June 9, was assigned to Resonac Corp. (Tokyo).

"Fluorine-containing ether compound, lubricant for magnetic recording medium, and magnetic recording medium" was invented by Daisuke Yagyu (Tokyo), Tsuyoshi Kato (Tokyo), Yutaka Tanji (Tokyo), Ayano Asano (Tokyo), Naoya Fukumoto (Tokyo) and Kohei Ochiai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following formula: R1-[B]-[A]-O-CH2-R2-CH2-O-[C]-[D]-R3 (R1 is an organic group having 7 to 18 carbon atoms, including a group in which a carbonyl carbon atom or nitrogen atom in an amide bond and an aromatic hydrocarbon are directl...