ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,641, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Design Blue Ltd. (Croydon, Great Britain).

"Multilayer polyurethane protective films" was invented by Daniel Buenger (Aachen, Germany) and Iason Zografou (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to multilayer films used to protect a surface, in particular, to such films used to protect surfaces of articles e.g., mobile electronics display protections, smartphones, tablets), industrial touch screens (e.g. machine interfaces), UV stable surfaces and glass protections for machine housings and cockpits (e.g. caterpillars, dumpers), etc.), and, more particularly, t...