ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,107, issued on May 20, was assigned to SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A. (Fiorano Modenese, Italy).
"Method for realising a ceramic slab" was invented by Franco Stefani (Sassuolo, Italy), Franco Gozzi (Formigine, Italy), Paolo Vaccari (Modena, Italy) and Ivan Ghirelli (Castellarano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for realising a ceramic slab, comprising the following steps: arranging on a first deposition plane (50) a decorated layer (L2) provided with a decoration (200), gradually depositing the decorated soft layer (L2) from a head (H) to a tail (T); gradually transferring the soft layer (L2) by deposition from the first deposi...