ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,424, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CALVEA AB (Stockaryd, Sweden).

"Wood board for outdoor decking use" was invented by Ronny Svanstromer (Stockaryd, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a wood board (1) for outdoor decking (8) use, which board has been sawn from lumber close to bark side of the lumber, with a thickness in the range from about 10 mm up to about 32 mm, the wood board (1) comprises a first side (2) and an opposing second side (4), the first side (2) can be arranged as an upper side of the wood board (1) and the second side (4) can be arranged as a lower side of the wood board (1), or...