US Patent Issued to NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS on July 1 for "Decorative laminate, method of producing decorative laminate, and vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,967, issued on July 1, was assigned to NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Decorative laminate, method of producing decorative laminate, and vehicle" was invented by Masahiro Kitamura (Hirakata, Japan) and Takakazu Hase (Hirakata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a decorative laminate having excellent distinctness of design of a design layer and excellent surface smoothness of a clear layer after removal of a cover film. The decorative laminate includes a cover film, a clear layer, a design layer, a substrate film, and an adhesive layer adjacently to one another in order. The cover film is therma...