ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,638, issued on June 24, 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: "In the field of decorative floor coverings, decorative panels are known having a MDF (Medium Density Board) or HDF (High Density Board) based core layer on top of which a decorative substrate is attached to provide the panels a desired appearance. The invention relates to a panel, in particular a decorative panel, a floor panel, a ceiling panel or a wall panel. The invention also relates to a floor co...