ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,180, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Agfa NV (Mortsel, Belgium).
"Inkjet printing method for manufacturing a decorative surface" was invented by Paul Wouters (Mortsel, Belgium) and Martin De Kegelaer (Mortsel, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet printing method on a continuous substrate web (100), having a pair of edges (1011, 1021), comprising the steps: a) forming a pair of elongated strips (101, 102) by bending said substrate web (100) along a pair of lines (1010, 1020) wherein each line is parallel to the pair of edges (1011, 1021); and b) supporting said bent substrate web in a support zone (201) of a printer 200...