US Patent Issued to COSENTINO RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT on July 29 for "Method and system for producing slabs, tiles or sheets of artificial stone with a wide vein effect" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,717, issued on July 29, was assigned to COSENTINO RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT S.L. (Almeria, Spain).

"Method and system for producing slabs, tiles or sheets of artificial stone with a wide vein effect" was invented by Salvador Cristobal Rodriguez Garcia (Almeria, Spain) and Carmen Maria Montero Perez (Almeria, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are a method and a system for producing slabs, tiles or sheets of artificial stone, with a wide vein effect, comprising inorganic particles of different sizes and hardened binders, and which simulate the appearance of natural stone."

The patent was filed on Dec. 28, 2023, under A...