ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,593, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to KANSAI PAINT Co. LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Method for forming in-mold coating multi-layer coating film" was invented by Katsuto Komura (Kanagawa, Japan), Haruka Nakaoka (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takashi Kitamura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming an in-mold coating multi-layer coating film includes: forming an uncured first in-mold coating film by injecting a specific first in-mold coating material composition (X) between a molded base material and an inner wall of a first film coating mold; heating and curing the uncured first in-mold coating film; separating the first ...