ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,679, issued on April 22, was assigned to Rubattel & Weyermann S.A. (La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland).
"Method for decorating a mechanical part" was invented by Frederic Jeanrenaud (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for decorating a surface of a mechanical part including: taking the mechanical part to be decorated, on which a decoration element is sought to be produced; depositing on the surface a masking layer having a thickness that is at least equal to the thickness of the decoration element to be produced; making, in the masking layer, at least one cavity that coincides with the location on the s...