US Patent Issued to GRUPPO CONCORDE on June 17 for "Method for obtaining porcelain stoneware tiles with anti-slip surface" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,995, issued on June 17, was assigned to GRUPPO CONCORDE S.P.A. (Fiorano Modenese, Italy).

"Method for obtaining porcelain stoneware tiles with anti-slip surface" was invented by Maurizio Mazzotti (Imola, Italy), Yuri Beghi (Formigine, Italy) and Alan Bazzani (Marano sul Panaro, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for obtaining a porcelain stoneware tile with anti-slip surface includes an enameling step, said step comprising the deposition-on the walkable surface of the tile-of a mixture of micro-grits added to a usual enamel, most of said micro-grits having dimensions smaller than 60 micro metre and being in a percentage sm...