ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,774, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to AWI Licensing LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Dimensionally stable building panel" was invented by Marsha S. Bischel (Lancaster, Pa.) and Ying Chang (Lancaster, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a building panel and related building systems, the building panel having a first major surface opposite a second major surface, the building panel comprising a core comprising a first body comprising a first fibrous material; and a second body comprising a second fibrous material, a veneer facing layer coupled to the core, the veneer facing layer comprising a plurality of perforations."

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