ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,601, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co. Ltd. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Water-absorbing resin, absorber, and absorbent article" was invented by Shota Morishima (Himeji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a water-absorbing resin with which the enzyme activity of a urease that generates ammonia from urea can be inhibited and a pH increase on the surface of an absorbent article, which causes skin rashes or the like, can be suppressed. This water-absorbing resin has an oxidation-reduction potential of a swollen gel of at least 260 mV, as measured by the following oxidation-reduction potential measuring meth...