ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,376, issued on March 17, was assigned to Celanese Interntaional Corp. (Irving, Texas).
"Molded articles with laser-formed pattern" was invented by Sarah Ann Niese (Amelia, Ohio) and Kent Miller (Nicholasville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Molded articles are disclosed having a pattern formed into a surface of the article. For example, the molded article can include a facing surface and the pattern can cover greater than about 10%, such as greater than about 30% of the surface area of the facing surface. The pattern can be formed using high intensity light that reacts with an additive contained in the polymer composition used t...