ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,166, issued on July 22, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Wood sheet and method for manufacturing wood sheet and molded product and method for manufacturing molded product" was invented by Tomonori Sugiyama (Osaka, Japan), Kazuhiko Kaneuchi (Osaka, Japan), Kota Yamaguchi (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroshi Asanaka (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wood sheet according to the present disclosure includes a protective layer, a support layer, a wood material made of natural wood provided between the protective layer and the support layer, a first adhesive layer provided between the p...