ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,264, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).

"Humidity controlling material" was invented by Kyoko Matsuura (Sakai City, Japan), Yuusuke Shimizu (Sakai City, Japan), Tsuyoshi Kamada (Sakai City, Japan), Tetsuya Ide (Sakai City, Japan) and Sho Ochi (Sakai City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a humidity controlling material with a high humidity controlling rate. The humidity controlling material includes a resin material and a humidity controlling liquid. The resin material contains a resin. The humidity controlling liquid impregnates the resin. The humidity controlling...