ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,792, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. (Japan).
"Decorating sheet and display unit" was invented by Masanori Yabuki (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Emi Miyashita (Miyagi-ken, Japan) and Hiroshi Kobayashi (Miyagi-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A material-like decorating sheet that forms a material pattern on a surface of a decoration target component by being attached to the surface of the decoration target component includes a sheet-shaped transparent base film, and a colored layer disposed on a back surface of the base film and forming the material pattern with one or more inks. The base film has, on an outer s...