ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,789, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Molded article with metallic appearance" was invented by Fang Chen (Beijing), Fangyu Cheng (Beijing), Wenlong Pang (Beijing), Zhan Cheng (Beijing), Ruizhi Pei (Beijing), Zihui Xu (Beijing) and Ping Wang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a molded article with a sufficiently metallic appearance and a sufficient degree of brightness."

The patent was filed on March 31, 2022, under Application No. 17/709,631.

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