ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,131, issued on June 3, was assigned to CERALOC INNOVATION AB (Viken, Sweden).
"Thermoplastic-based building panel comprising a balancing layer" was invented by Per Josefsson (Ramlosa, Sweden), Christoffer Nilsson (Helsingborg, Sweden) and Filip Skold (Loddekopinge, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoplastic-based building panel, such as a floor panel. The building panel includes an upper layer arrangement, a lower layer arrangement, and a balancing layer provided between the lower and the upper layer arrangement. The building panel further includes a groove arrangement including grooves. A thermoplastic-based building panel...