ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,404, issued on May 27, was assigned to Flooring Technologies Ltd. (Kalkara, Malta).
"Method for producing an abrasion- and water-resistant multilayer panel and a panel which is produced using said method" was invented by Ingo Lehnhoff (Dierhagen, Germany), Norbert Kalwa (Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany) and Frank Oldorff (Schwerin, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is provided a method for producing an abrasion- and water-resistant multilayer panel, in particular an abrasion- and water-resistant flooring panel, including the steps: providing at least one plastic carrier plate, in particular a PVC carrier plate; applying at least o...