ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,388, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Protective film" was invented by Byung Su Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Hui Je Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Hak Lim Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Yoon Kyung Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Kyu Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hoon Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a protective film and a polarizing plate comprising the same, and provides a protective film capable of minimizing the amount of static electricity that can be generated upon peeling the protective film."

The patent was filed on March 13, 2017, u...