ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,728, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to COMADUR SA (Le Locle, Switzerland).
"Inlaid timepiece component and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Alberto Puiu Ion (Limoges, France), Fabrice Rossignol (Saint Priest sous Aixe, France), Olivia De Los Cobos (Beaucourt, France) and Alexandre Netuschill (Le Cerneux-Pequignot, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inlaid timepiece component (1) including a body (10) made of a metallic and/or ceramic material including at least one hollow (11) forming the impression of a decoration (12). The at least one hollow is completely filled with successive strata (13, 14, 15) formed b...