ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,836, issued on May 6, was assigned to Unilin BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).
"Method of manufacturing a panel" was invented by Benjamin Clement (Waregem, Belgium) and Bruno Vermeulen (Aldeneik-Maaseik, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for manufacturing a panel. The method may involve supplying a substrate having an upper side. A layer may be provided onto the upper side. The upper side may be irradiated so as to cure at least a part of the layer by irradiation, hence forming the panel. The layer may include a liquid coating on substantially the entire upper side and a substance which is digitally printed locally o...