ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,089, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Decorative board, transparent resin film, and decorative board production method" was invented by Satoshi Furuta (Tokyo), Ryo Fujii (Tokyo), Tomomi Nakajima (Tokyo), Yoshiaki Netsu (Tokyo), Toshinaru Kayahara (Tokyo) and Yosuke Sumida (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a decorative board capable of exhibiting excellent weather resistance even in a depression of a pattern of protrusions and depressions even in a case where the pattern of protrusions and depressions is formed on the outermost surface of a transparent resin f...