ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,919, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Fritz Egger GmbH & Co. OG (St. Johann in Tirol, Austria).

"Edge strip for workpieces, in particular pieces of furniture" was invented by Yasemen Gokkurt (Istanbul).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Herein described is an edge strip, in particular for pieces of furniture, including at least one functional layer for affixing the edge strip to a narrow side of a workpiece, in particular a piece of furniture, wherein the functional layer contains an aliphatic thermoplastic polyurethane and an aromatic thermoplastic polyurethane. Further described is a method for manufacturing the edge strip, affixing a...