ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,966, issued on July 1, was assigned to VALINGE INNOVATION AB (Viken, Sweden).

"Method to produce a thermoplastic wear resistant foil" was invented by Christer Lundblad (Orkelljunga, Sweden), Niclas Hakansson (Viken, Sweden) and Goran Ziegler (Viken, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to produce a wear resistant foil, including providing a first foil including a first thermoplastic material, applying wear resistant particles on the first foil, applying a second foil including a second thermoplastic material on the first foil, and adhering the first foil and the second foil to each other to form a wear resistant foil."

The ...