ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,961, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Tin oxide multilayer film with catalyst layer and method for forming same" was invented by Masahito Hayamizu (Aichi, Japan), Kazuya Shimada (Aichi, Japan), Asuka Hirooka (Osaka, Japan) and Toshihiko Sakata (Nara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming a tin oxide multilayer film with a catalyst layer, the method including preparing a concentrated liquid in which a tin compound is dissolved in a polar solvent; diluting the concentrated liquid with the polar solvent and a fluoride solution to prepare a reaction ...