ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,442, issued on July 15, was assigned to Moderno Porcelain Works LLC (Houston).

"Reinforced porcelain panel product for enhanced structural protection" was invented by Roberto Contreras (Houston) and Armin Thomas Deutsch (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides embodiments of a reinforced porcelain panel product such as for renovations or new construction in buildings. In an embodiment, a reinforced porcelain panel product includes a porcelain slab and a structural core board. The porcelain slab includes a top surface with a first surface area. The structural core board includes a core material having a ...