ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,949, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to WOOD ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Production process for manufacture of a laminate" was invented by Warwick Bosson (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a process for the division of an individual input source log into discrete longitudinal lengths for subsequent processing. The process comprises receiving an individual input source log, dividing the input source log into one or a plurality of output log portions of a predetermined length, wherein at least a portion of said output log portions resultant from said division are of...