ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,871, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to UNILIN BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).
"Floor panel and methods for manufacturing floor panels" was invented by Christophe Naeyaert (Jabbeke, Belgium) and Pieter-Jan Sabbe (Merelbeke, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor panel with a substrate and a decorative layer of wood veneer with a thickness of 1 millimeter or less and provided on the substrate. The decorative layer is provided on the substrate by means of a glue layer which is situated between the substrate and the decorative layer. The glue layer comprises hard particles with an average particle size which is at least one third of th...