ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,056, issued on July 1, was assigned to i4F Licensing NV (Turnhout, Belgium).
"Decorative panel, and decorative floor covering consisting of said panels" was invented by Eddy Alberic Boucke (Menen, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Decorative panel, in particular a floor panel, ceiling panel or wall panel, including a core layer having an upper side and a lower side, a decorative top layer connected to said upper side of the core layer, a first panel side edge including a first coupling profile, and a second panel side edge including a second coupling profile designed to interconnect with a first coupling profile of a second, iden...