MUMBAI, India, Nov. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514034716 A) filed by Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd., Aichi, Japan, on April 9, for 'vehicle exterior component.'

Inventor(s) include Kenta Matsushima; Yukari Ito; and Hiroaki Ando.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 7, under issue no. 45/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A vehicle exterior component includes a housing having an opening, a light source disposed in the housing, and a cover that covers the opening of the housing. The cover includes a transparent base layer capable of transmitting light from the light source, and a color-developing layer that is stacked on the transparent base laye...