ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,123, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to POLYGREEN S.R.L. (Desenzano del Garda, Italy).

"Element of damping layer for flooring and related damping layer" was invented by Riccardo Maritano (Desenzano del Garda, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An element of a damping layer including a frame which includes a plurality of through openings, a plurality of support bodies which protrude from the frame and each arranged at a respective through opening, the support bodies bridging with structural continuity two attachment regions belonging to the frame and mutually opposite with respect to the respective through opening, wherein, in a ver...