ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,999, issued on March 24, was assigned to SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS Co. LTD. (Kako-gun, Japan).
"Water-absorbing resin particles, absorbing body, and absorbent article" was invented by Shiho Okazawa (Himeji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to water-absorbing resin particles including: an imidazoline compound represented by Formula (1) below. In Formula (1), R represents a C1-3 alkyl group."
The patent was filed on Nov. 29, 2021, under Application No. 18/254,994.
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