ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,650, issued on May 13, was assigned to UNILIN BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).
"Floor panel and method for manufacturing a floor panel" was invented by Laurent Meersseman (Mont de l'Enclus, Belgium), Luc Vanhastel (Tielt, Belgium), Pieter-Jan Sabbe (Merelbeke, Belgium) and Benjamin Clement (Waregem, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor panel includes a substrate, a decorative layer and a transparent component. The decorative layer is positioned between the substrate and the transparent component. At least one of the substrates, the decorative layer and the transparent component has a thermoplastic synthetic material. The transparen...