ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,958, issued on July 8, was assigned to LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KG (Furth, Germany).
"Transfer film, plastic injection-molded article, and method for the production thereof" was invented by Steffen Falgner (Prittriching, Germany), Christoph Suss (Rednitzhembach, Germany) and Sven Oberndorfer (Furth, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for producing a transfer film (1), in particular IMD transfer film (1), wherein the following steps are carried out, in particular in the specified order: preparing a carrier ply (3), preparing a transfer ply (2) having a decorative ply (21), wherein the transfer ply (2) has been or is arr...