US Patent Issued to Unilin on March 18 for "Methods for manufacturing panels" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,916, issued on March 18, was assigned to Unilin BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).

"Methods for manufacturing panels" was invented by Bruno Vermeulen (Aldeneik-Maaseik, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for manufacturing panels having a substrate and a decorative top layer that may include a printed motif and a transparent or translucent protective layer formed there above. The method may involve providing the substrate. A finishing layer may be applied for forming a portion of the protective layer. Recesses may be formed at a surface of the finishing layer. Forming the recesses may involve applying a surface structu...