ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,899, issued on March 4, was assigned to SWS Sports Boards Industries LLC (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).

"Snowboards, skis and method of manufacturing same" was invented by Rainier Nouhra (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), George Cant (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) and John Colvin (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Snowboards are constructed by initial manufacture of a base sub-assembly including fewer than all layers of the snowboard, e.g., a base layer, edges, and a stabilizing layer. These layers are permanently bonded together into a unitary base sub-assembly. The running (bottom) surface is then finished to pr...