ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,242, issued on July 29, was assigned to LUMIQ Inc. (Charleston, S.C.).
"Illuminated display with printed graphic layer" was invented by Michael J. Wieckowski (Charleston, S.C.), Kevin James Hammer (Charleston, S.C.) and Andrew Casperson (Charleston, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display includes a graphic layer having indicia. A opaque mask layer beneath the graphic layer has light-transmissive areas in registration with selected indicia on the graphic layer. A circuit panel bears light emitters. A spacer layer having openings therein is disposed between the mask layer and the circuit panel, and each light emitter is disposed...