ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,998, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Watch component, watch, and method for manufacturing watch component" was invented by Tsubasa Fuji (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watch component includes a substrate including a first region where a plurality of first recesses is formed in a surface, and a second region where a plurality of second recesses is formed in the surface, and a multilayer film covering at least a part of the first region and the second region. In a cross-sectional view obtained by cutting the substrate in a thickness direction, the plurality of first recesses is defined ...