ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,013, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Champion Link International Corp. (The Valley, Anguilla).

"Flooring panel" was invented by Thomas Luc Martine Baert (Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium), Tom Van Poyer (Jiaxing, China) and Sven Boon (Jiaxing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a flooring panel suitable for constructing a floor covering, which panel comprises a core layer and a decorative top layer and a layer situated between the core layer and the decorative top layer which enables improves sound performance."

The patent was filed on Nov. 30, 2022, under Application No. 18/060,109.

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