ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,267, issued on March 4, was assigned to Fresco Infusion LLC (Friday Harbor, Wash.).

"Method for forming dye sublimation images in and texturing of solid substrates" was invented by John Moalli (Friday Harbor, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for texturing a plastic substrate, while forming a dye sublimation image, wherein the plastic substrate has a first side and a second side is provide. A first side of a dye carrier sheet having an image of a dye sublimation ink is placed on a base. The first side of the plastic substrate is placed on a second side of the dye carrier to form a stack. A first side of a textured cover i...