ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,413, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to VALINGE INNOVATION AB (Viken, Sweden).

"Panels comprising a mechanical locking device and an assembled product comprising the panels" was invented by Peter Derelov (Helsingborg, Sweden) and Christian Boo (Kagerod, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A set of panels including a first panel with a first main plane and a second panel with a second main plane. The first and the second panel are provided with a mechanical locking device for locking a first edge of the first panel to a second edge of the second panel at a junction plane, wherein the first main plane is essentially perpendicular to ...