ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,529, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Montres Breguet S.A. (L'Abbaye, Switzerland).

"External part element for timepiece or piece of jewellery and method for manufacturing such an external part element" was invented by Polychronis Nakis Karapatis (Premier, Switzerland), Lucien Germond (Giez, Switzerland) and Adrien Chappuis (L'Isle, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An external part element or component for a timepiece or piece of jewellery made with a fibre-reinforced polymer matrix composite material, this external part element including on at least one of the faces thereof at least one cavity wherein an insert made of m...