ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,038, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Injection molding tool and method for the production thereof, and method for producing marbled molded parts" was invented by Reinhard Jakobi (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Susanne Zeiher (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Angelika Homes (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Sascha Tim Schwendy (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Natascha Manuela Meierhoefer (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Daniel Leutz (Ludwigshafen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an injection mold for production of marbled moldings, including at least one hot runner, a cavity, an entry opening into th...