Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Adele M. Stamper
  • Oxygen absorbing composition, oxygen absorbing resin composition using the oxygen absorbing composition, and preserving method utilizing these compositions
    Patent number: 6596191
    Abstract: Provided is an oxygen absorbing composition and an oxygen absorbing resin composition employing such oxygen absorbing composition, which demonstrate a favorable oxygen absorbing performance even in a low-humidity environment. Use of such oxygen absorbing composition and oxygen absorbing resin composition allows preservation of medicines or foods etc. which are in a dry state and disfavoring moisture. The oxygen absorbing composition according to the present invention comprises iron powder/iodine, or iron powder/iodine/metallic iodine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaru Sakamoto, Masaki Nagata