ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,909, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to FELLOWES INC. (Itasca, Ill.).

"System and method of reconfiguring a modular wall" was invented by Tai Hoon K. Matlin (Round Lake Beach, Ill.), Shawn M. Applegate (Streamwood, Ill.), Michael Egan (Chicago) and James Edward Losser (St. Charles, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of reconfiguring a modular wall is provided. The modular wall comprises a panel receiver structure with a panel receiving channel; a vertical panel received in the channel of the panel receiver structure; and a first and second fascia trim members. Each of the first and second fascia trim members is configured t...