ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,065, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Nanbu Plastics Co. Ltd. (Shizuoka, Japan) and Elephantech Inc. (Tokyo).

"Emblem for vehicle with built-in heater and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Sigekazu Moriya (Shizuoka, Japan), Shoki Sano (Shizuoka, Japan), Junichi Ueyama (Shizuoka, Japan), Shinya Shimizu (Tokyo) and Takashi Nakashima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an emblem for a vehicle with a built-in heater and a method for manufacturing the same in which it is possible to prevent breakage of a heater element and to reduce deterioration even in a configuration in which a heater layer is shaped (defor...