US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on Jan. 27 for "Timepiece component, timepiece movement, and timepiece" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,772, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Timepiece component, timepiece movement, and timepiece" was invented by Takeo Funakawa (Chino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timepiece component includes a base material including silicon as a main component, and a light reflecting layer formed on the base material and including a first silicon oxide layer, a silicon layer, and a second silicon oxide layer stacked in this order, when the light reflecting layer is viewed in plan view, the light reflecting layer includes a first region and a second region, and at least one of the thicknesses of the first silic...