ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,164, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SEKISUI CHEMICAL Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Intermediate film for laminated glasses, laminated glass, and automobile" was invented by Yasuyuki Izu (Roermond, Netherlands), Masashi Yanai (Roermond, Netherlands), Hiroaki Inui (Kouka, Japan), Ruud Verheijen (Roermond, Netherlands), Sho Fujioka (Kouka, Japan) and Maya Mitsuka Wakayama (Roermond, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass that is excellent in unity of appearance. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has a first colored part including a part locate...