ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,542, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Aladdin Manufacturing Corp. (Calhoun, Ga.).

"Composition and flooring product comprising such composition" was invented by Rajeev Bhatia (Hixson, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hot-melt composition is provided. The hot-melt composition includes thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and polyvinylchloride (PVC), the weight ratio of TPU over PVC is in the range of 50/50 to 95/5, and the TPU and PVC together forms at least 50% w of the composition."

The patent was filed on Oct. 22, 2019, under Application No. 17/296,065.

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