ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,815, issued on May 27, was assigned to DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Wall panel" was invented by Charles David Taylor Jr. (Salisbury, N.C.), Paul Addison Brown (Salisbury, N.C.), Berthold Mueller (Salisbury, N.C.), Randal Scott Hoffner (Salisbury, N.C.), Stewart McIntyre Adams (Salisbury, N.C.) and Jarrett B. Davis (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is related to a method of manufacturing a wall panel and a wall panel system. The method includes: forming a glass-fiber reinforced rigid magnesium oxide layer including the steps of: pouring or injecting a slurry of uncured mag...