ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,020, issued on April 21, was assigned to TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc. (Xiamen, China).

"Automotive decorative panel" was invented by Ding Gui Zeng (Xiamen City, China), Le Le Su (Biyang County, China), Chung Chieh Wu (Changhua County, Taiwan), Yun Chien Lo (Taipei City, Taiwan), Chun Yong Zhang (Xiamen City, China) and Tai-Shih Cheng (Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automotive decorative panel includes a decorative film, a touch icon component, and a light source system. The decorative film has an optical density between 0.2 and 2.0 and includes a substrate and a decorative layer disposed on the substrate....