US Patent Issued to Canon on July 14 for "Light-absorbing heat-shielding film, light-absorbing heat-shielding member, article, and method for producing them" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,218, issued on July 14, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Light-absorbing heat-shielding film, light-absorbing heat-shielding member, article, and method for producing them" was invented by Yoshinori Kotani (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hiroshi Saito (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal layer includes a protrusion-and-recess shaped object, in which the protrusion-and-recess shaped object is characterized in that a second protrusion-and-recess structure is disposed on a first protrusion-and-recess structure."

The patent was filed on Jan. 19, 2023, under Application No. 18/156,942.

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