ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,318, issued on July 15, was assigned to POLYVISION naamloze vennootschap (Genk, Belgium).
"Utility holder for a metal whiteboard" was invented by Mathijs Paredis (Opglabbeek, Belgium), Barbara Rochus (Dilsen-Stokkem, Belgium), Jeroen Drijkoningen (Bilzen, Belgium), Stijn Henri J. Tomsin (Riemst, Belgium), Lucas Andreas Gabriel Ghekiere (Houthalen, Belgium), Alexander Jeroen E. Coppieters (Nieuwerkerken, Belgium) and Wout Bert K. Van De Broek (Hamont-Achel, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holder for utilities, for a metal whiteboard, includes a cover plate, which on a side hidden when in use, is provided with one or more supp...