US Patent Issued to SQIP on Jan. 20 for "Method and apparatus for producing engineered stone slabs" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,227, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SQIP LLC (Orlando, Fla.).

"Method and apparatus for producing engineered stone slabs" was invented by Alex Xie (West Windsor, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing engineered stone slabs including steps of depositing a composite material onto a supporting structure; disrupting the composite material using a plurality of stirring devices attached to a shifting structure; depositing colorant in a predefined region in the composite material using a spray device to form a colored disrupted composite material; and using a first device to press, flatten and stretch the composite ...