ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,998, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).
"Resin-coated ultra-thin glass" was invented by Keizo Udagawa (Otsu, Japan), Tatsuya Ohashi (Otsu, Japan) and Yoshihiko Inoue (Otsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose of the present invention is to provide a resin-coated ultra-thin glass having high impact resistance, satisfactory bending resistance and high transparency. Provided is a resin-coated ultra-thin glass composed of three layers, i.e., an ultra-thin glass (A) having a thickness of 10 to 100 micro metre inclusive, an organic film (B) formed on one surface of the ultra-thin glass (A), and an ...