ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,047, issued on June 23, was assigned to Novem Car Interior Design GmbH (Vorbach, Germany).

"Shaped part and method for producing such shaped part" was invented by Thomas Mauritz (Edelsfeld, Germany) and Alexander Martin (Neuhaus an der Pegnitz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a shaped part (10) comprising a decorative layer (11) with a decorative layer front side (12) formed as the visible side of the shaped part (10) and a decorative layer rear side (13) opposite the decorative layer front side (12), a carrier (14) arranged on the decorative layer rear side (13) with a carrier front side (15) facing t...