US Patent Issued to TOYO SEIKAN on July 15 for "Printing film from which printing layer can be detached" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,085, issued on July 15, was assigned to TOYO SEIKAN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Printing film from which printing layer can be detached" was invented by Masayuki Maeda (Yokohama, Japan), Atsushi Fukahori (Yokohama, Japan) and Takahiro Yasuumi (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a printed film including a base film, a removable printed layer containing an alkali-removable ink, and a finishing varnish layer, the layers being formed on the base film. The finishing varnish layer contains at least a curable resin and a curing agent, and the curing agent is blended in an amount of less than 40 parts by mass bas...