ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,773, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CertainTeed Gypsum Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).
"Defect-hiding surface textures" was invented by Garrett Loomis (Newton, Mass.), Rachel Z. Pytel (Newton, Mass.), Brice Dubost (Newton, Mass.), Sizhu You (Auburndale, Mass.), Vural Kara (Northboro, Mass.), Stephen W. Reynolds (Mississauga, Canada), Jennifer H. Czerepinski (Framingham, Mass.) and Aditi Naik (Nashua, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to a surface structure for construction products, for example, suitable for construction products that cover visible interior surfaces, such as drywall and ceiling pan...