ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,735, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Covestro Deutschland AG (Leverkusen, Germany).
"Translucent multi-layer body with a heat- or pressure-sensitive decorative layer" was invented by Andreas Seidel (Dormagen, Germany), Ciro Piermatteo (Leverkusen, Germany) and Torsten Thust (Wermelskirchen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a multi-layer body, comprising (I) a carrier layer made of a special thermoplastic polycarbonate molding compound and (II) a layer made of a material selected from the group consisting of stone products, hide products, textile fabrics containing synthetic fibers, materials of pla...