ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,194, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOBO Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Laminate" was invented by Kaya Tokuda (Otsu, Japan), Satoshi Maeda (Otsu, Japan), Tetsuo Okuyama (Otsu, Japan), Harumi Yonemushi (Otsu, Japan) and Denichirou Mizuguchi (Otsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a laminate having a protective film release auxiliary tape and comprising a rigid temporary support body (inorganic substrate) and a polymer film provided with a protective film. The laminate is configured such that the protective film can be peeled from the polymer film without separating the polymer film from the temporary suppor...