ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,495, issued on July 15, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Timepiece dial, timepiece, and method for manufacturing timepiece dial" was invented by Shogo Kobayashi (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timepiece dial including a base having a first region having a coating film provided at the surface of the base, a second region where laser light is radiated to the first region to remove the coating film, and a third region, in part of the first region, where the coating film is penetrated and the base is dug down, and the surface roughness of the third region is smaller than the surface roughness of the second re...