ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,926, issued on June 10, was assigned to Sesa S.p.A. (Olgiate Olona, Italy).

"Method for manufacturing a surface of a press element, pressing element obtained by such method and method for the production of coated panels using such press element" was invented by Marco Santori (Olgiate Olona, Italy), Carlo Umberto Santori (Olgiate Olona, Italy) and Luca Santori (Olgiate Olona, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for processing a smooth or structured surface of a pressing element is described, the method comprising the steps of: a) chrome-plating said surface of the pressing element so as to form a coating comprising a first l...