US Patent Issued to TOYODA GOSEI on June 16 for "Method for regenerating used resin" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,360, issued on June 16, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).

"Method for regenerating used resin" was invented by Yasuaki Tanaka (Kiyosu, Japan), Kinji Furukawa (Kiyosu, Japan) and Hitoshi Uchida (Kiyosu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for regenerating a used resin includes adding 0.03 wt % to 0.3 wt % of an amine compound-based VOC capturing agent to the used resin, performing melt-mixing, capturing at least formaldehyde and acetaldehyde among VOCs contained in the used resin by the VOC capturing agent, and vaporizing and removing volatile odor substances contained in the used resin by decompres...