ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,987, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CERALOC INNOVATION AB (Viken, Sweden).

"Single layer scattering of powder surfaces" was invented by Darko Pervan (Viken, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and equipment to apply a decorative surface on a building panel wherein the surface includes a mix of fibres, binders, wear resistant particles and pigments. Layers may be applied as separate layers with equipment that applies essentially only one of the materials in the surface mix. A method of forming a surface layer on a substrate, the method including forming a first layer of a first material, applying a second layer of a seco...