US Patent Issued to NITTO DENKO on May 20 for "Cover member and member supply assembly including same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,716, issued on May 20, was assigned to NITTO DENKO Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Cover member and member supply assembly including same" was invented by Yosuke Sugaya (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroki Kigami (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover member of the present invention is a cover member to be placed on a face of an object to prevent passage of a foreign matter through an opening of the face, the cover member including: a protective membrane having a shape configured to cover the opening when the cover member is placed on the face; and a first substrate layer joined to one of principal surfaces of the protective membrane. The ...