ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,535, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland) and Oscar Rubio Alonso (Cabrils, Spain).

"Layered panel and method of construction thereof" was invented by Oscar Rubio Alonso (Cabrils, Spain), Jordi Ribatallada (Sant Quirze del Valles, Spain) and Cristobal Vela (Sant Quirze del Valles, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a layered panel for on-site modular construction of buildings. The layered panel includes a layer formed by a prefabricated cement-bonded particle board, a supporting structure and fastening elements attaching the prefabricated cement-bonded particle board to the suppo...