ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,770, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Taikisha Ltd. (Tokyo) and Fu-Se Vacuum Forming Ltd. (Habikino, Japan).

"Coating apparatus" was invented by Hidehisa Yoshioka (Zama, Japan), Yoshio Higashi (Suita, Japan), Yoshikazu Hayashi (Sagamihara, Japan), Seidai Watanabe (Yamato, Japan), Yoichi Kumon (Habikino, Japan) and Hitoshi Okamoto (Habikino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating apparatus includes a support unit configured to support a film over a work to be coated. The support unit includes first support unit and second support unit which are arranged with a distance therebetween in a first direction so as to be positioned o...