US Patent Issued to Merck Patent on March 24 for "Method for manufacturing cured film and use of the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,189, issued on March 24, was assigned to Merck Patent GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany).

"Method for manufacturing cured film and use of the same" was invented by Takashi Sekito (Kakegawa, Japan), Shigemasa Nakasugi (Yamato, Japan), Hiroshi Yanagita (Kakegawa, Japan) and Taku Hirayama (Kakegawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Problem] To provide a method for manufacturing a cured film having high film density, high film hardness and high etching resistance.[Means for Solution] A method for manufacturing a cured film comprising (1) applying a composition (i) above a substrate; (2) forming a hydrocarbon-containing film from the composi...