ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,164, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Swisspearl Group AG (Niederurnen, Switzerland).

"Panel connection system" was invented by Aristide Gervasoni (Walenstadt, Switzerland), Oliver Peter Gunter Millon (Wadenswil, Switzerland), Tassilo Folker Rinder (Mollis, Switzerland), Andre Felipe Toresan Eigenmann (Glarus Nord, Switzerland), Martin Trachsler (Engi, Switzerland) and Carsten Zanders (Mollis, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Panel connection system for the corner connection of two panels which are arranged at an angled inclination to one another, having a first connecting element having a bearing portion with at least ...