ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,124, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Radiative cooling device" was invented by Masahiro Suemitsu (Osaka, Japan) and Masayuki Sugimoto (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a radiative cooling device that appears white as viewed from a radiative surface side and has increased durability. The radiative cooling device includes an infrared radiative layer A having a radiative surface H for radiating infrared light, a light reflective layer B on a side of the infrared radiative layer A, which is opposite to the radiative surface H, and a protective layer D between the infrared radi...