ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,935, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KG (Furth, Germany).

"Decorative foil, method for producing a decorative foil and method for decorating a target substrate" was invented by Roman Lasch (Furth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decorative foil, a method for producing a decorative foil as well as a method for decorating a target substrate. The decorative foil, in particular laminating foil, cold stamping foil or hot stamping foil, includes a carrier film (42) and an all-over varnish layer (41), wherein the carrier film (42) has a thickness in the range of from 3.0 micro metre to 10.0 micro met...