ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,859, issued on April 15, was assigned to AGC Inc. (Tokyo).

"Fluorine-containing ether composition, coating solution, and article and production method therefor" was invented by Hidefumi Shiota (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The object of the present invention is to provide a fluorinated ether composition with which a surface layer capable of imparting excellent water/oil repellency to the surface of a substrate and being excellent in abrasion resistance and weather resistance of the water/oil repellency, can be formed, and a coating liquid containing the fluorinated ether composition. The present invention further provides an a...