US Patent Issued to KONICA MINOLTA on Sept. 30 for "Near-infrared-absorbing composition, near-infrared-absorbing film, and image sensor for solid-state imaging element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,637, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Near-infrared-absorbing composition, near-infrared-absorbing film, and image sensor for solid-state imaging element" was invented by Natsumi Itamoto (Hino, Japan), Yosuke Mizutani (Mitaka, Japan), Koji Daifuku (Hino, Japan) and Kenji Hayashi (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a near-infrared absorbing composition comprising a near-infrared absorber and a solvent, wherein the near-infrared absorber contains at least one of the following component (A) or component (B), Component (A): a component composed of a phosphonic acid compound repres...