ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,854, issued on June 3, was assigned to NITTO DENKO Corp. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Protective sheet" was invented by Yuta Shimazaki (Ibaraki, Japan), Kosuke Yonezaki (Ibaraki, Japan) and Hakaru Horiguchi (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a Low-E glass plate protective sheet that can have protective properties for a Low-E glass plate as an object to be protected and can maintain good removability while preventing or inhibiting surface contamination of the object to be protected even when prolongedly adhered thereto. The Low-E glass plate protective sheet is provided. The protective sheet has a PSA layer. The PSA layer...