ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,744, issued on April 7, was assigned to SEKISUI CHEMICAL Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Interlayer film for laminated glass, and laminated glass" was invented by Jun Ishida (Shiga, Japan) and Hiromitsu Nishino (Shiga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of preventing a winding core from falling off a roll body of the interlayer film. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes one end and the other end being on an opposite side of the one end, the one end having a thickness of 1.05 mm or less, a first resin layer having a glass transition t...