ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,261, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Comadur SA (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Multicolour cermet and/or ceramic article and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Thierry Cordier (Lugnorre, Switzerland), Alexandre Le Colleter (Etray, France), Julien Moreau (Morteau, France) and Pascal Chopard-Lallier (Montlebon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a multicolour cermet and/or ceramic article, and in particular a bezel of a timepiece, made by a method for injecting at least two materials of distinct colours, said article comprising a relief decoration of a colour different from the rest of the article, said decorati...