ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,499, issued on May 13, was assigned to FLOORING TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Kalkara, Malta).

"Method for producing a veneered board" was invented by Norbert Kalwa (Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany) and Jens Siems (Malchin, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a veneered board having a veneer and a carrier board having improved use properties includes the steps of providing a veneer and a carrier board, providing a sheet of paper impregnated with binder, the sheet of paper being arranged in a stack of materials to be pressed between an upper face of the carrier board and a lower face of the veneer, and pressing the stack of ...