ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,115, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Cosmetic laminate sheet" was invented by Mari Ueda (Osaka, Japan), Masato Minami (Hyogo, Japan) and Yuto Enomoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the present invention relates to a cosmetic laminate sheet including a thin film sheet that has a thickness of 10 nm or more and 10 micro metre or less and is water-permeable and a support that has water absorbing properties and a possible amount of water content in the support being 4.4 g or more per 1 g of the support."

The patent was filed on March 2...