ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,122, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Champion Link International Corp. (The Valley, Anguilla).

"Panel and method for producing a panel" was invented by Thomas Luc Martine Baert (Sint-Martens-Latem, Switzerland), Tom Van Poyer (Jiaxing, China) and Sven Boon (Jiaxing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a panel, such as a floor panel, a wall panel or a ceiling panel, in particular a decorative panel and to a method for producing such panel. The panel according to the present invention comprises a core layer comprising a first composite material and a second composite material which have different material c...