ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,198, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KG (Furth, Germany).

"Transfer foil, method for producing a transfer foil and method for producing a plastic article decorated using a transfer foil" was invented by Andreas Kratzer (Furth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A The invention relates to a transfer film (10), which has a carrier film (12) having a master structure varnish (18) and a transfer ply (14), arranged on the carrier film (12) and detachable from the carrier film (12), including a topcoat (16), wherein the master structure varnish (18) is arranged on the carrier film (12) on its side facing...