ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,963, issued on April 29, was assigned to Unilin BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).
"Method for manufacturing a panel" was invented by Benjamin Clement (Waregem, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may be provided for manufacturing a panel of the type having a support and a top layer. The top layer may have a printed motif and a wear layer disposed above the motif. The wear layer may be fabricated from PVC. The top layer may include an inkjet receiving layer that has less than 10% by weight of water absorbing substances. The method may involve providing a printing substrate, providing the printing substrate with the inkjet receiving ...