ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,814, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to INOAC Corp. (Nagoya, Japan) and INOAC TECHNICAL CENTER Co. LTD. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Laminate and skin material for vehicle interior member" was invented by Yuya Nagano (Kanagawa, Japan), Hideo Ota (Kanagawa, Japan), Takahiro Inoue (Kanagawa, Japan) and Shimpei Tokai (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminate 10 includes: a foamed polyurethane layer 11 obtained from a foamable polyurethane resin composition containing an active hydrogen group-containing tin ricinoleate and a phosphorus-containing solid flame retardant; and a coating layer 15 adhered to the foamed polyurethane layer 11 b...