ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,379, issued on July 29, 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, Belgium), 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 and a method for producing a panel. The panel is in particular a floor, wall or ceiling panel, and comprises at least one core layer, the core layer comprising an upper core surface and a lower core surface and at least one pair of opposite side edges; wherein the core layer comprises magnesium oxide cem...