ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,610, 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 Chizuru Kasahara (Tokyo), Tsuyoshi Kato (Tokyo), Natsumi Shibata (Tokyo), Daisuke Yagyu (Tokyo), Yutaka Tanji (Tokyo) and Takuma Kuroda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a fluorine-containing ether compound that can form a lubricating layer which can increase chemical substance resistance of a magnetic recording medium even if the thickness is thin, and can be suitably used as a material for a lubricant for a magneti...