ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,891, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to KWANSEI GAKUIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (Nishinomiya, Japan) and SK Materials JNC Co. Ltd. (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

"Polycyclic aromatic compound" was invented by Takuji Hatakeyama (Kyoto, Japan), Yuki Yamasaki (Fukuoka, Japan), Kouhei Isayama (Chiba, Japan), Ryosuke Kawasumi (Chiba, Japan) and Yasuhiro Kondo (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polycyclic aromatic compound consisting of a substructure represented by Formula (1A) and at least two substructures represented by Formula (1B):(A to C ring is an aryl ring which may be substituted, RXD is an aryl which may be substituted an...