ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,262, issued on March 4, was assigned to Unilin BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).
"Panel and methods for manufacturing panels" was invented by Laurent Meersseman (Mont de l'Enclus, Belgium), Martin Segaert (Ypres, Belgium), Bernard Thiers (Beveren-Leie, Belgium), Benjamin Clement (Waregem, Belgium) and Christophe Maesen (Lichtervelde, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel may include at a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate. The top layer may include a motif and a transparent or translucent synthetic material layer provided above the motif. The motif may be a print formed by digitally applying inks on the substrate wit...