US Patent Issued to Intelli-Force Technology on March 18 for "Static dissipative flooring system" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,482, issued on March 18, was assigned to Intelli-Force Technology Corp. (St. Charles, Ill.).

"Static dissipative flooring system" was invented by Paul Woolvine (Eastleigh, Great Britain) and Thomas J. Lutz (Wheaton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetically adhered, static dissipative floor covering comprises a magnetically receptive floor surface, and a floor covering comprising a plurality of static dissipative, magnetic floor tiles. The magnetic floor tiles are held in place by magnetic interaction between the magnetic floor tiles and the magnetically receptive floor surface. Each of the magnetic floor tiles is a composi...