ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,641, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SEKISUI CHEMICAL Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Laminated glass interlayer film and laminated glass" was invented by Hiromitsu Nishino (Shiga, Japan) and Koji Kido (Shiga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of enhancing the sound insulating property of the laminated glass. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is an interlayer film, for laminated glass, having a two or more-layer structure, the interlayer film includes one end and the other end being on an opposite side of the one end and having a thicknes...