ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,167, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TARKETT GDL (Lentzweiler, Luxembourg).
"Scuff resistant surface coverings" was invented by Pierre Bastin (Wiltz, Luxembourg), Guillaume Chatte (Wiltz, Luxembourg), Jean-Luc Stiernet (Wiltz, Luxembourg) and Frederic Pailler (Wiltz, Luxembourg).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a surface covering, in particular a floor or wall covering including a substrate A and a scuff resistant polymer layer B, having an upper and a lower surface, where the polymer layer B includes one or more polymer(s) C, the one or more polymer(s) C having more than 93.5% by weight of cellulose...