US Patent Issued to STARZ PUZZLES on July 1 for "Process for making a puzzle and the puzzle made thereby" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,646, issued on July 1, was assigned to STARZ PUZZLES LLC (Elmhurst, Ill.).

"Process for making a puzzle and the puzzle made thereby" was invented by Thomas M. Cholewa (Elmhurst, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for making a puzzle includes the step of cutting puzzle pieces from a sheet of material and subsequently printing an image on the cut pieces. The resulting puzzle is far more durable than a conventional jigsaw puzzle and because of the process used to make it also benefits from the ability to replace individual pieces if lost. The puzzle is packaged intact in a packaging sleeve assembly designed to durably and aest...