US Patent Issued to TOPPAN HOLDINGS on May 20 for "Decorative sheet and method for manufacturing decorative sheet" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,064, issued on May 20, was assigned to TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC. (Tokyo).

"Decorative sheet and method for manufacturing decorative sheet" was invented by Erika Akutsu (Tokyo), Yohei Nishikawa (Tokyo) and Kosuke Shimizu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decorative sheet includes: a primary film layer; and a surface protective layer, wherein the surface protective layer has a gloss level of 15 or less, the surface protective layer includes a ridged portion projecting in a ridged pattern from a surface of the surface protective layer to form an uneven shape on the surface, the surface protective layer contains an ionizing radiation-cu...