ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,376, issued on July 14, was assigned to Seuster KG (Ludenscheid, Germany).

"Door having a functional film" was invented by Jorg Fischer (Dortmund, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door, in particular a rolling door, comprising a door leaf that can be moved along a track including a deflecting portion between an open position, in which it at least partially exposes a wall opening, and a closed position, in which it at least partially closes the wall opening, which includes at least one bending region that is deformable during the door leaf movement along the deflecting portion and is made of a flexible base material such as po...