ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,464, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Tsukishima Kikai Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Crystallization device, crystallization system, and crystallization method" was invented by Hiroya Tsuzaki (Tokyo), Shinichi Yamamoto (Yachiyo, Japan), Yuma Nagasawa (Tokyo) and Tatsuya Kambe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crystallization device (4) includes a stirring blade (W) including a plurality of radially penetrating holes (h) and rotating about a rotating shaft (3), a reaction tank (1) having a bottomed cylindrical shape and concentrically accommodating the stirring blade (W) inside, a first liquid supply portion (5a) provided on the reacti...