ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,087, issued on Aug. 12.
"System for manufacturing a substrate with a decorative design" was invented by Jesus Francisco Barberan Latorre (Castelldefels, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for manufacturing a substrate with a decorative design, such as an image and/or a relief, which has feed means for feeding a foil, digital printing means for printing the decorative design on the foil and coating means for coating the substrate with the foil. The system is configured for printing the foil with the digital printing device after supplying the foil with the feed means and before coating the substrate with the coating means."...