ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,158, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Decorative sheet" was invented by Sakie Kataoka (Tokyo) and Yoshiyuki Meiki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a decorative sheet provided with excellent three-dimensional effect by an internal protruding and recessed shape even after molding. A decorative sheet comprising a transparent resin film layer having a protruding and recessed shape on one surface thereof, and a decorative layer formed along the protruding and recessed shape of the transparent resin film layer, wherein the protruding and recessed shape is provided with a plurality o...