ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,722, issued on July 1, was assigned to BODO PLASTICS Co. LTD. (Zibo, China).

"Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) foamed ceiling panel and fabrication method thereof" was invented by Feng Sun (Zibo, China), Wei Miao (Zibo, China), Jian Ma (Zibo, China), Changming Wang (Zibo, China) and Guoqing Yang (Zibo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polyvinyl chloride (PVC) foamed ceiling panel and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The PVC foamed ceiling panel is made of a PVC resin powder, a filler, a foaming regulator, a composite foaming agent, a calcium-zinc stabilizer, a lubricant, a pigment, a weather resistance modifier, a smoke suppr...