ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,910, issued on July 8, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).

"Multilayered polyester film" was invented by Tadamasa Suzuki (Otsu, Japan), Sho Tsubokura (Otsu, Japan) and Takuji Higashioji (Otsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayered polyester film which comprises a polyester film and, disposed on at least one surface thereof, a layer X which has a contact angel HX(1) with water of 0-60deg, wherein the layer X has a degree of crystallinity C(0) of 0-30%. HX(1): Contact angle at one second after water has come into contact with layer X. A polyester film having excellent recoverability is provided by disposing a la...