ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,569, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TEIJIN Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for producing coated fiber-reinforced plastic" was invented by Shota Nagata (Osaka, Japan) and Masanobu Wakita (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for applying pressure to a coating material and a fiber-reinforced plastic using a male-female pair of upper and lower molds and producing a coated fiber-reinforced plastic, wherein: the fiber-reinforced plastic includes at least a first surface A, a second surface B, and an end surface C connecting to the first surface A and the second surface B; the first surface A and the second sur...