US Patent Issued to Valeo Vision on Nov. 11 for "Illuminated body panels including optics having coating with bubbles and method" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,962, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Valeo Vision (Bobigny, France).

"Illuminated body panels including optics having coating with bubbles and method" was invented by Robert Fraizer (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Andrew Massey (Seymour, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of manufacture including a substrate and a coating including a colorant covering all or a portion of the substrate. The coating includes a plurality of bubbles that create material voids in the coating. The plurality of bubbles limit change in color by the colorant of any light transmitted through the article of manufacture. The article of manufacture is in...