US Patent Issued to UNILIN on June 24 for "Decorative panels comprising a timber composite" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,576, issued on June 24, was assigned to UNILIN BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).

"Decorative panels comprising a timber composite" was invented by Peter Chan (Smithfield, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decorative panel including a substrate material and decorative top layer, wherein the decorative top layer includes at least one timber layer, wherein the timber layer is a compressed timber layer with a permanent increased density as compared to an original timber layer, wherein the decorative panel is a square or rectangular floor panel which, at, at least one pair of opposite edges, or at both pairs, includes mechanical coupling ...