ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,578, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Benelux Applied Surfaces LLC (Archbald, Pa.).

"Method for manufacturing a tile product" was invented by David W. Lewis (Shavertown, Pa.), Nathan J. Keisling (Dalton, Pa.) and Victoria M. Frosini (Dalton, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for manufacturing a tile product includes applying a concrete mixture to a mold, applying an adhesive to a first side of a tile, after the adhesive is applied, facing the first side of the tile toward the concrete mixture in the mold and positioning the first side of the tile on the concrete mixture in the mold and then followed by removing t...