ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,218, issued on April 15, was assigned to VALINGE INNOVATION AB (Viken, Sweden).

"Method of manufacturing a building element and a building element" was invented by Anette Hedlund (Klippan, Sweden) and Sofia Nilsson (Strandbaden, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a building element, includes applying a first layer on a first surface of a substrate, the first layer including a mixture of a binder, at least one filler, and fine non-pigment cohesive particles, wherein an amount of the fine non-pigment cohesive particles in the mixture may be between 0.05 wt % and 9 wt % of the mixture to contribute to flowabi...