ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,355, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Glass panel unit, getter material, getter material composition, and method for manufacturing glass panel unit" was invented by Hiroyuki Abe (Osaka, Japan), Eiichi Uriu (Osaka, Japan), Tasuku Ishibashi (Ishikawa, Japan), Kazuya Hasegawa (Osaka, Japan), Masataka Nonaka (Osaka, Japan), Takeshi Shimizu (Osaka, Japan) and Naoki Kosugi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass panel unit includes: a first glass pane; a second glass pane facing the first glass pane; a frame member; an evacuated space; and a gas adsorbent. ...