ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,408, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Sekisui House Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Building" was invented by Kazuki Ichikawa (Osaka, Japan), Makoto Ochiai (Osaka, Japan) and Masayuki Ogawa (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A building includes a floor located between an upper floor and a lower floor. The floor includes first floor extending members and second floor extending members that intersect the first floor extending members. The first floor extending members and the second floor extending members are made of wood. A reinforcement member is arranged in at least one of a section between two of the first floor extending members ...