ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,066, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to M-GLASS Inc. (Jeju-si, South Korea).

"UV-blocking film for architectural and automotive with 100% UV and blue light blocking" was invented by Jung Hwan Mun (Jeju-si, South Korea) and Hyung Taek Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to UV-blocking films for architectural and automotive use that provide 100% UV and blue light blocking. UV-blocking films according to the present invention consist of a transparent base layer and a UV-blocking layer formed on the transparent base layer using a sputtering method. The UV-blocking layer includes one or mor...