ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,247, issued on April 22, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS Corp. (Solon, Ohio).

"Multilayer protective film" was invented by Yongzhong Wang (Tucson, Ariz.), Matthew Gacek (Boerne, Texas) and Tad Bergstresser (Poway, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure related to a multilayer protective film that may include a structural PET layer, a first removable adhesive layer underlying the structural PET layer, a first peelable adhesive layer overlying the structural PET layer, a first flame retardant PET layer overlying the first peelable adhesive layer, a second peelable adhesive layer overlying the firs...