ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,167, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Laminated glass" was invented by Kazuki Chiba (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is possible to prevent the appearance of laminated glass from deteriorating due to wrinkles formed in a functional layer of an intermediate film disposed between two curved glass plates. Laminated glass for an automobile is provided. Laminated glass according to the present invention includes an outer glass plate, an inner glass plate disposed opposite to the outer glass plate, and an intermediate film disposed between the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate. The ...