ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,636, issued on May 27, was assigned to SEKISUI CHEMICAL Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Intermediate film for laminated glass, laminated glass and method for fitting laminated glass" was invented by Kouhei Yamaguchi (Kouka, Japan), Masaki Yamamoto (Kouka, Japan), Daisuke Nakajima (Kouka, Japan) and Izumi Matsumoto (Kouka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass which is high in heat shielding properties. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes an infrared ray reflection layer which reflects infrared rays, a first resin layer which is arranged ...