ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,904, issued on July 29, was assigned to E2IP Technologies inc. (Saint-Laurent, Canada).
"Printed heater elements integrated in construction materials" was invented by Stijn Gillissen (Hasselt, Belgium), Inge Vander Meulen (Veldhoven, Netherlands) and Gunther Dreezen (Balen-Olmen, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a heating element, which is integrated into the construction material. Integration of the heating element according to the present invention into the construction material limits space needed for the heating system. In addition, the used heating element provides reduced power consumption...