ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,896, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KANEKA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Hardcoat film, method for producing same, and display device" was invented by Yusuke Taguchi (Otsu, Japan), Toshifumi Matsumiya (Settsu, Japan), Fumiyasu Ishiguro (Settsu, Japan), Rika Mori (Settsu, Japan), Satoko Komatsu (Settsu, Japan), Hiroto Koma (Settsu, Japan) and Masahiro Miyamoto (Settsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hard coat film includes a transparent resin film and a hard coat layer disposed on one surface thereof, the hard coat layer being composed of a cured product of a hard coat composition. The thickness of the hard coat layer 0.15 times ...