ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,200, issued on June 16, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Coating film, automobile, and coating method" was invented by Daisuke Hozumi (Kirishima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating film is provided on the surface of a car body of an automobile and includes a plurality of protruding portions extending from the front toward the rear along the car body."

The patent was filed on June 30, 2020, under Application No. 17/755,316.

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