US Patent Issued to Kuraray on July 14 for "Polarizing plate, heat formed body formed thereof, and heat formed body manufacturing method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,224, issued on July 14, was assigned to Kuraray Co. Ltd. (Okayama, Japan).

"Polarizing plate, heat formed body formed thereof, and heat formed body manufacturing method" was invented by Mao Yamaguchi (Kurashiki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a polarizing plate comprising a polarizing film with a thickness of 20 micro metre or less, wherein the amount of a non-oriented amorphous part in the polarizing film is 55 to 70%. Here the amount of an oriented crystalline part in the polarizing film is preferably 10 to 15%. By thermoforming the polarizing plate, there can be provided a thermoformed article having suffic...