US Patent Issued to AWI Licensing on July 7 for "Panel and panel system for covering a surface" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,329, issued on July 7, was assigned to AWI Licensing LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Panel and panel system for covering a surface" was invented by Ying Chang (Lancaster, Pa.), Alan Brian (Mount Joy, Pa.), Robert A. Duschl (Lititz, Pa.), Edward Roberts (York, Pa.), Carlos X. Medina (Lancaster, Pa.), Ronnie Massey (Wrightsville, Pa.), Amber C. Arnold (Lancaster, Pa.) and Philip Weber (Mountville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel which may be used as a part of a surface covering system, such as that for a wall or a ceiling, and which is useful to provide easy installation, durability, beneficial fire preventive performance, resistanc...