ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,969, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Film forming method, polyphenylene sulfide powder coating material, coating film, and coated article" was invented by Yasukazu Nakatani (Osaka, Japan), Shichou Chin (Osaka, Japan), Toshio Miyatani (Osaka, Japan), Hirotake Imada (Osaka, Japan) and Yukari Honda (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a film forming method that can form a film having a thickness of 500 micro metre or more with a single coating of a substrate.The present disclosure is a film forming method using a powder coating material containing a polyphenylene sulfide res...