ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,965, issued on July 14, was assigned to KURARAY Co. LTD. (Kurashiki, Japan).

"Composition, coating, film, and base material" was invented by Yuki Fujii (Kurashiki, Japan), Kenta Toshinari (Tsukuba, Japan), Yasunari Umeda (Tsukuba, Japan), Atsushi Inatomi (Tsukuba, Japan) and Akio Fujita (Tsukuba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition may contain a wide variety of particles with good dispersibility, the composition being able to make both rigidity and elongation at sufficient levels compatible with each other even under a low humidity. A coating and a film may each be formed of such a composition, and a base material havi...