ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,696, issued on June 30, was assigned to TEIJIN Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Thermoplastic resin and optical member including same" was invented by Atsushi Umeki (Osaka, Japan), Ryouta Mano (Osaka, Japan), Takatsune Yanagida (Osaka, Japan), Yasuhiko Tomonari (Osaka, Japan) and Keisuke Sato (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoplastic resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin (A) containing a unit represented by formula (1) and a thermoplastic resin (B) containing a unit represented by formula (2), wherein in the formula (1), L1 and L2 each independently represent a divalent linking group, k and l each independently r...