US Patent Issued to Unilin on July 8 for "Method for manufacturing panels having a decorative surface" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,926, issued on July 8, was assigned to Unilin BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).

"Method for manufacturing panels having a decorative surface" was invented by Benjamin Clement (Waregem, Belgium) and Luc De Boe (Moorslede, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a paper layer having a printed pattern, to be used in the manufacturing of panels may involve providing the paper layer with a treatment, including providing the paper layer with an ink receiving substance. The treated paper layer may be provided with at least a portion of the printed pattern. Providing the portion of the printed pattern may involve depositing p...