ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,288, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to UNILIN BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).
"Method of manufacturing a floor board" was invented by Bruno Vermeulen (Aldeneik-Maaseik, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a floor board comprises the steps of supplying a panel, printing a curable substance or surface removing substance onto the panel in a predefined pattern for creating an elevation on the panel at the pattern or removing a portion of the surface of the panel at the pattern, respectively, and curing the curable substance or removing any reaction products of the surface removing substance and the panel."
The paten...