ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,442, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KOBAYASHI & Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Film and method of manufacturing fluororesin composition" was invented by Keisuke Sakai (Matsudo, Japan) and Nanae Tanaka (Matsudo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the invention is to provide a film having excellent weatherability. The present invention provides a film comprising: a base layer formed of a thermoplastic resin, and a fluororesin layer laminated to one face of the base layer, wherein the fluororesin layer contains a tetrafluoroethylene resin and a photostabilizer. The present invention also provides a method of manufacturing a fluoror...