ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,898, issued on April 21, was assigned to SASAKI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Disilver hydrogen citrate-containing composition, method for producing same, antibacterial agent or antiviral agent using same, and method for producing same" was invented by Tomihisa Sasaki (Tokyo), Takamasa Sasaki (Tokyo) and Yoshinori Sasaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are powder of a pure disilver hydrogen citrate-containing composition in powder form, having excellent solubility, and a method for easily obtaining the disilver hydrogen citrate-containing composition with high efficiency. In addition, provided are an antibacter...