ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,796, issued on April 29.
"Building panel system" was invented by Chih-Sun Shen (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A building panel system include vertical members and horizontal members mounted to the vertical member, and a plurality of panel modules. Each of the panel modules includes a building panel, and a hanging member that is connected to the building panel and that is hung on a corresponding one of the vertical members and the horizontal members. The building panels of the panel modules cooperatively form a panel wall that is adapted to be spaced apart from a wall so that an air flow channel is formed between the ...