US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on Nov. 3 for "Electric wire" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,932, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electric wire" was invented by Kenji Hori (Tochigi, Japan), Ryota Fukumoto (Osaka, Japan) and Nayu Yanagawa (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric wire includes a conductor, and a cover layer that covers an outer surface of the conductor. The cover layer includes a polyolefin-based resin and a biomass material. A content percentage of the biomass material in the polyolefin-based resin and the biomass material is 45% by mass or less."

The patent was filed on July 26, 2022, under Application No. 18/579,965.

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