ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,758, issued on July 1, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Recording medium and method for producing recorded matter having three-dimensional image" was invented by Olivia Herlambang (Kanagawa, Japan), Toshihiro Omagari (Kanagawa, Japan), Yoshiyuki Nagase (Kanagawa, Japan), Tetsufumi Shiba (Kanagawa, Japan), Takatoshi Tanaka (Tokyo) and Arika Tanaka (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording medium for producing a recorded matter having a three-dimensional image comprises: a substrate; and a foaming layer being provided on the substrate and containing a foaming material which foams with heat and a binder resin. A con...