ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,603, issued on June 9, was assigned to DEXERIALS Corp. (Tochigi, Japan).

"Face shield and mask-equipped face shield" was invented by Shinya Suzuki (Tochigi, Japan) and Chihiro Nishikawa (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a face shield that can easily be combined and used with various masks and a mask-equipped face shield. The face shield 1-1 is the face shield 1-1 that is attachable/detachable to/from a mask 2, and covers at least an eye of a face of a user who wears the mask 2. The face shield 1-1 is made of a film 101-1 having flexibility and translucency. At least a pair of cut lines 102L and 102R thro...