ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,922, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Rubattel & Weyermann S.A. (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland).

"System for producing at least one three-dimensional element on an external part element of a timepiece" was invented by Yann Enggist (Ins, Switzerland) and Frederic Jeanrenaud (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for producing at least one three-dimensional element on a visible face of an external part element of a timepiece implementing this process, the system including a mould formed by the reversible assembly of a first part and a second part configured to receive a support plate of the external ...