ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,965, issued on June 24, was assigned to VALEO VISION (Bobigny, France).

"Enhanced diffusive lighting and pattern effects over automotive surface panels" was invented by Robert Fraizer (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to automotive surface panel illumination with the objective of attaining the whitest diffusive appearance with maximized light intensity transmission features. An automotive luminous panel system includes a luminous unit arrangement as defined by an anti-mist diffusive coating applied to a light transmissive substrate with a corresponding masked cover lens patterned with ...