ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,002, issued on June 10, was assigned to 14F Licensing NV (Turnhout, Belgium).
"Decorative panel, and decorative floor covering consisting of said panels" was invented by Eddy Alberic Boucke (Menen, Belgium) and Mathias Wilhelmus De Koning (Laren, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a panel, in particular a decorative panel, a floor panel, a ceiling panel or a wall panel. The invention also relates to a covering consisting of a plurality of mutually coupled panels according to the invention, in particular a floor covering consisting of a plurality of mutually coupled panels, according to the invention."...