ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,309, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Decorative sheet and decorative molded-resin article" was invented by Shohei Ishiguro (Tokyo), Yosuke Abe (Tokyo) and Masahiro Yasuhara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a decorative sheet which combines an excellent touch with design attractiveness. The decorative sheet comprises a base layer, a protrusion layer partly disposed, and a first resin layer in this order, in which the first resin layer contains a matting agent and the layer of protrusions contains particles."

The patent was filed on March 25, 2020, under Application No. 17/598...