ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,578, issued on March 17, was assigned to PLUS Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Three-dimensional decorative piece and method of producing the same" was invented by Takeshi Kuroda (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional decorative piece that is made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin and can retain bulkiness and shape by a core and a method of producing the same. The three-dimensional decorative piece includes an upper layer molded body made of an upper layer material with a metal vapor-deposited layer and having a three-dimensional shape with a convex portion formed on its front surface side through a high-frequency d...