ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,820, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MITSUI CHEMICALS INC. (Tokyo).

"Display devices" was invented by Hayato Kurita (Ichihara, Japan) and Kan Komiya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device that includes a display element including a light source, and a surface film disposed so as to overlap with the display element and including a thermoplastic elastomer composition, the thermoplastic elastomer composition satisfying conditions (1) and (2) below, and the surface film satisfying conditions (3) and (4) below: (1) The melt flow rate (ASTM D1238, 230deg C., 2.16 kg load; MFR) is not less than 30 g/10 min. (2) The type A...