ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,226, issued on March 24, was assigned to CASIO COMPUTER Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Exterior member, case and timepiece" was invented by Takumi Yasuda (Fussa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exterior member that is favorably manufactured, a case having the exterior member and a timepiece having the case are provided. The exterior member includes an exterior main body section in which a first resin layer is provided on one side of a sheet member formed of carbon fiber and a cutout recess section from which a portion of the sheet member is exposed is provided in the first resin layer on the one side of the sheet member, and a protectio...