ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,532, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to HELLA SATURNUS SLOVENIJA d.o.o. (Ljubljana, Slovenia).

"Illuminated trim part of or for a vehicle and method for producing such an illuminated trim part" was invented by Ales Adamlje (Ivancna Gorica, Slovenia), Matic Suhodolcan (Trebnje, Slovenia), Andraz Tekavcic (Kokrica, Slovenia) and Fernando Antonio Viu Guerrero (Skofljica, Slovenia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an illuminated or illuminable trim part of or for a vehicle. The trim part includes a light source for providing light, a transparent or translucent carrier layer, and a foil. At least one opaque...