ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,960, issued on March 18, was assigned to Unilin BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).
"Coated panel and method for manufacturing such panel" was invented by Benny Schacht (Vlamertinge, Belgium) and Filip Tack (Oudenaarde, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may be provided for manufacturing a panel that may include a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate. The top layer may have a printed motif and a translucent or transparent synthetic material layer provided above the printed motif. The panel may have a structure or relief at the surface. The method may involve milling profiles into the substrate to obtain mechanical c...